Posted on 06/08/2019 1:45:48 PM PDT by rktman
“So, all you medical professionals that are rooting for “medicare for all”. How does $15.00/hour tops sound to you? “
Medicare for all is insane. I would rather trade my services for vegetables and carpentry than work for $15/hour after all the years I spent training, all the years I made little to no money, all the holidays I spent in the hospital, and all the nights I didn’t sleep. That said, I would happily work for free for someone who needed me and couldn’t pay. Happily. I will not, however, let resentful people who use government as a weapon take any more than they have from me.
I believe you are confusing Medicaid with Medicare. Medicare is the over-65 medical insurance plan. The premiums are income-adjusted.
Medicaid is medical welfare for those who are quite poor, and can be of any age. It is Medicaid which seeks to reclaim funds if someone poor enough to be on it manages to somehow amass some funds before they die.
Also, be aware that the program that the Dems are talking about is poorly formed, but would be almost certain to not be "Medicare for all" in any meaningful sense. They might call it that, but they'll destroy the existing Medicare program. It might be more like "Medicaid for all."
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