So the "Bern" admitted publicly that "free" health care for everyone is not really free. (Question below).

He plans to jack everyone's taxes...everyone...to pay for it. You won't be able to get healthcare at little or no cost through your employer anymore. You will be forced to take the so-called "free" "Medicare for All". No choice for you. And it will cost about double (or triple out of your net paycheck) compared to what Medicare costs now, because so many more people will have to be covered.

So my question is for all the people struggling to pay off enormous college loans. You lose the little to no cost employee heatlh care at work, you are still paying off your college loans, but your net paycheck is going to go DOWN, because your taxes are going to go way up.

So...if the "Bern" does what he wants to do and forces us into Medicare for all, how are you going to be able to pay your college loans and the new healthcare cost and still afford to eat?

And for seniors and others receiving specialized health treatments such as cancer treatments now on their private health insurance, are you aware that Medicare does not cover specialized health treatments such as advanced immunotherapy or gene therapy? How many seniors will be forced to go on welfare and Medicaid because they can't pay for their rent and pay more for Medicare?

Just asking.

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Heartlander · 80-89, M

Medicare for all? First, it's not FREE at the point of delivery unless you PAY more. I have Medicare and have to pay an additional $395 a month before it becomes almost free. My wife the same. So that amounts to an additional $790 a month before it's almost free at the point of delivery.

What does the extra $395 pay for? Medicare Part B + Medigap + prescription drugs + dental. For drugs and dental there's still a co-pay.

For the life of me, I can't see how the average person living on Social Security could possibly afford to pay the extra $395 a month that makes it almost free. Last I checked, the average SS monthly is about $1,450. If they can't afford the $395, their only option is a medicare advantage plan ... where they don't get to choose their doctors, or hospitals.

katielass · F

@Heartlander I became eligible last April 1 for medicare due to disability. I chose a Medicare Advantage plan. I think it depends on where you live. I took an advantage plan and I'm thrilled with it. But the same plan is not available to my sister who lives south of the metro area and I live north of the same metro area. I can choose my doc and change when I feel like it, which I did 2 months ago because my old doc moved further away. All the hospitals accept mine.

Heartlander · 80-89, M

@katielass We have a few complex issues that makes it risky to go advantage. Not having an advantage plan frees us from network confinements and lets us mix and shuffle. I remember the problems with PPO coverage we had before Medicare, especially when chasing an unknown.

One hook even with medicare-gap coverage is that switching to an advantage plan may preclude the possibility of later returning to medical-gap.

4meAndyou · F

@Heartlander Yay! I wish I had seen this answer earlier, because you would have been a contender for Best Answer.

katielass · F

@Heartlander Yeah, it depends on where you live. I was not going to do the advantage plan because it's an HMO and I had that on odumbcare-it was a disaster-but hubby has had the same one for years and he's liked it so I took a chance. It works for us but may not work for everyone. One thing you never want to do is chose something that prohibits you from going back and changing.