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Medicare for All? Why not? The other rich countries have systems for ensuring all their people have medical care. They are rewarded with having higher life expectancies than we have in the good old USA. So it will be an issue in the 2020 election, the GOP having learned that the “replace” part of their promise to “repeal and replace” was a promise they could not keep.
As presidential aspirants toss their hats into the ring, prominent Democrats have taken up the cry, “Medicare for All.” What could be wrong with that? For one thing, younger people don’t know much about Medicare.
The common mis-perception about Medicare is that it is free. In fact, Medicare shelter senior citizens from the astronomical cost of medical care. Indeed, Medicare makes possible the care that prolongs health and life. But Medicare is not a free ride.
For one thing, there is the monthly premium for Part B (the doctor bills) which last I checked was $136 per month per person, which most people have deducted from their Social Security check. Part D (drugs) has monthly charges around $30-$50 depending on your plan, also deducted. Part A (hospital) is paid for by working people, so Medicare beneficiaries can be said to have pre-paid for it during their working years. More prosperous old people pay extra – a whole lot extra – for the same benefits.
If younger families paid the same fees, the cost of Medicare for a family of four would be in the vicinity of at least $660 a month deducted somehow from the paycheck.
Medicare patients pay medical bills as well as premiums. Part A (hospital) requires the patient pay a deductable for in-patient care up to 60 days. Longer stays require a copayment. Stays longer than 90 days are complicated – plan on poverty.
Neither Part A nor Part B will help you with some common expenses. Medicare does not help with most dental care. You’re on your own paying for eye exams related to prescribing glasses. Likewise, you pay for hearing aids and exams for fitting them. Dentures are not covered. These are big items in an older person’s budget. Some get an “advantage plan” for these bills, but that too costs.
If you want cosmetic surgery, don’t count on Medicare. Likewise, Medicare patients pay for their own massage therapy, acupuncture and something termed “concierge care.” I don’t know about sex-change operations, but doubt they would be covered. As for long-term care, that isn’t covered either.
However, Medicare has demonstrated that a single-payer state-run health insurance system can work to satisfy many of the needs of the people it serves, even with premiums, deductibles, co-payments, and restrictions.