“People pay $300-500 a month per person for premiums out of pocket, then have deductibles of $2000-3000, after the employer contributions. For most people, that’s a hell of a lot of money. Once the deductible is fulfilled, they are still kicking in 15-30%. Do you really think that wouldn’t cover Medicare?”
Quite simply, NO! When I recently was paying for private insurance my premiums were $700+ per month, with a $7,200 deductible.
I thought it was well known that Medicare has been operating at a deficit for quite some time. So will SS in the not too distant future. Fixing both will require a tax increased, or significant benefits reductions, which is why it hasn’t been taken care of via legislation.
Private insurance is not going away, even Medicare allows the purchase of private insurance.
Really, well over half of Canadians have to wait to see their doctor. When I had private insurance I never had to wait for more than a day or two to see my doctor. Do you think adding millions of more patients via Medicare for all will decrease the current waits here in the US?
