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To: Jim from C-Town

The people with the best & care are on Medicaid. All benefits no cost!

Not true.

Medicare only covers 80%. Most procedures have a copay even with Advantage plans.

The only group that gets Cadillac coverage are Unions and government.

My CT Scans cost me $280 each under a Medicare Advantage plan, without which it would have cost me >6 thousand dollars


23 posted on 01/12/2024 5:04:49 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF

I have a supplemental plan that pays its part of the 20% if the procedure is medically necessary. IOW no co pay. Not an Advantage plan or Medigap. It’s a Plan F. Never had to pay a cent and no copays if the doctor says I need it.


25 posted on 01/12/2024 5:08:29 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: PIF

Medicare and Medicaid are different


27 posted on 01/12/2024 5:12:02 AM PST by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: PIF

Medicaid is for poor people. It covers 100% of all billed services.

You’re confusing it with Medicare.

Medicare is a program for the elderly. It is still better than most private standard health insurance, even from most employers. You can get a Plus program payment free with lower out of pocket expenses that the premiums paid for a Medicare Supplement.

I’ve had a life & health Insurance license for 30 years.

I put my parents on a Medicare Plus program more than 15 years ago. My father had several health problems including suffering a mild heart attack with stent installation as well as a several day stay in the hospital for Diverticulitus in the same year. He NEVER reached his $2,000 Out of Pocket maximum expense until he developed terminal liver disease at 76. He died three years later.

My wife & I pay more than $6,400 a year for premiums for our employer sponsored HSA program that has a $7,000 deductible for a family of six.

We spend $13,500 before the Insurance pays a penny. We often exceed the out of pocket. We have six boys. They all play sports.

People in poverty have better healthcare than most working & middle-class families.


47 posted on 01/13/2024 12:09:45 AM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign! )
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