re: Medicare will become insolvent in 2026 — three years earlier than previously forecast

Medical cost are absurd, i started buying my glasses online, i have like over 5 prescription glasses for less than a 1. The system is complete shite and everyone is robbing each other. Its never going to change. We need a planet fitness/ uber of the medical world to rise up!

Well... there is this thing called risk pool. Underwriting.

Insurance kiting us all.

We screwed baw. We'll never see a penny of the SS and Medicare money they've stolen from us over the years.

People always laugh at that but would anyone seriously describe the system we have as actually functioning?

We have long wait times and shitty care here though. And we have insurance companies that deny treatment and pay little even when they approve things. Prescription drugs alone are just abysmal.

I am torn on this issue.

Traditional Medicare is a mess with very high copays and deductibles for people with little to no income, while Medicare Advantage plans offer a wealth of services at a much lower cost and have premiums and availability that depends on your area.

But let’s not forget the Medicaid system in senior care equation. It is also partly why Louisiana’s state budget is so high. Medicaid is nearly 1/3 of it and seniors get dumped onto Medicaid anyway when they are reaching the end are stuffed into nursing homes. Louisiana has a huge problem with this because of the state’s laws that favor nursing homes and sometimes paying for empty beds at nursing homes.

Hence my plan, I would shift Medicare away from a federal government managed program and put it into the state’s hands by the expansion of Medicaid. I only say this because most seniors are at or near the poverty level. For seniors well above the poverty level, a CHIP/Advantage like program with copays and deductibles would be available too.

To pay for it, states would either get their money from their share of federal dollars brought in by Medicare Taxes, or states would implement their own version of Medicare taxes. But under no circumstances would I agree to collect both, ie a federal and state Medicaid/Medicare tax.

Healthcare needs to follow along the idea of the Fair Tax.

If you make less than certain amount, healthcare is free, within certain limitations.

Based off income everyone pays a percentage. This way someone making 40K annually feels the same pay as someone making 200k annually. You can cap it at to keep the prices from getting ridiculous, but this system would work, much like the fair tax would work. It'll never happen, because it makes too much sense.

.... and Sweden has the population of Georgia.

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Hence my plan, I would shift Medicare away from a federal government managed program and put it into the state’s hands by the expansion of Medicaid. I only say this because most seniors are at or near the poverty level. For seniors well above the poverty level, a CHIP/Advantage like program with copays and deductibles would be available too.

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You think by any chance that the State would do the right thing?

Look back at the TOPS program and were the funding was suppose to come from. But yet, they stole that money to put it in the general fund to plug holes in other programs.

Medicare is for people that has a base line income. These people worked all their lives and paid into it. I'm one of those people. Medicare pays about 80% of bills and on some things less. People that are on Medicare pays the rest. In my case, I carry Medicare plan "F" which cost me a lot, but covers what Medicare doesn't pay.

Medicaid is for poor people that has little to no income. Are we to tell these people to just die?