Haven’t read the comments on this thread yet.
I’ve been on Medicare for 9 years. I’ve paid an average of $1200 a year for the premium. I’ve spent an average of less than $100 a year on health care (mostly flu shots).
With over 300 million people in the US, I don’t believe that the health care costs are $10,000+ PER PERSON on average.
This sounds like the government trying to gouge more funding from Congress for the health care scam.
Just ran the numbers on the “Covered California” website...”Bronze/Silver” plans for 2 people ages 55 & 57 (my wife & I): $10,440.00 per year (average of $870. per mo.)...”Gold”/”Platinum” plans are $15600.00 year (ave. of $1300/mo.). “Bronze” plans have $9000.00 deductibles and $4500.00 for drugs.
Average yearly government cost of Medicare per person: $9,523.00...plus your $1200.00 equals $10,723.00. So an average of $10,345.00 p/p seems about right.
https://www.coveredca.com
https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/NationalHealthExpendData/NHE-Fact-Sheet.html