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MOMFUDSKI

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3. If people are forced back into regular

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Apr 2, 2024, 05:48 PM

Apr 2024

Medicare there will be some unable to pay rent or buy enough groceries. My neighbor was living on $1K/ month SS. Had an Advantage Plan. She passed away few years ago. Now put her on Medicare to the tune of roughly $400/mo cost and she can’t make ends meet.

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Health insurer stocks slide as final Medicare Advantage rates disappoint [View all] BumRushDaShow Apr 2024 OP

Good,.. fuck them,... their goal is to privatize Medicare. magicarpet Apr 2024 #1

Just wait and DippyDem Apr 2024 #2

If people are forced back into regular MOMFUDSKI Apr 2024 #3

+1. Affordability is the crux of matter. Until Congress does something to improve affordability of original Medicare, Silent Type Apr 2024 #5

Low income seniors on Traditional Medicare are eligible for Medicaid. Big Blue Marble Apr 2024 #6

Anyone with $1,000/mo income SCantiGOP Apr 2024 #9

We'd be better off if Congress understood why over 50% of Medicare beneficiaries choose Medicare Advantage, Silent Type Apr 2024 #4

It seems a lot of the Medicare costs, which Biden is trying to deal with BumRushDaShow Apr 2024 #7

Completely agree. But drugs are around 12% of healthcare expenditures. If we cut it in half, Silent Type Apr 2024 #8

I have a negative impression of Medicare. GregariousGroundhog Apr 2024 #10