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72. The biggest problem is that we pay into Medicare throughout our

Wed May 27, 2026, 10:23 PM

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Working lives, without receiving a benefit until age 65 or later, and some people pay extra premiums even after age 65 (IRMAA). If that’s necessary to afford Medicare only for retirees, where is the $ going to come from to cover Medicare for all?

We currently pay more than TWICE (per capita) what the second highest paying country spends on healthcare, and much more than other developed countries. So I think we have to address the obscene profits and in a few cases extremely high salaries being made by multiple parties (eg medical device manufacturers, Big Pharma, some private hospitals) in the health care systems, and bring costs down. (Many other problems in our systems must also be addressed). Then we maybe can afford a Medicare for all type of system. We have to learn from other countries’ successes and limitations.

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