Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't think your numbers are correct on the likely future Medicare Part B premiums: <http://www.factcheck.org/2011/04/premium-nonsense-on-medicare/> The Ryan plan has been killed off for now; but should the tea partiers get their way shockwaves could follow. One person's wasteful entitlement is another's knee replacement? Phil On Jul 29, 2011, at 6:37 PM, Ken Carney wrote: > Don't know about want, but we need the insurance. We have private > insurance that is quite a bit better than MC Part B/D, so we're used to > paying :). My concern was for lower income retirees who may be really > squeezed by the increasing MC premiums, and then receive reduced or > rationed care. > > On 7/29/2011 6:09 PM, Robert Meier wrote: >> Ken, >> >> I'm confused -- do you not want the insurance, or do you just not want to >> pay for it? >> >> Robert >> >> On Jul 29, 2011, at 5:41 PM, Ken Carney wrote: >> >>> Ever since I turned 65, I keep seeing myself as Edward G. Robinson in >>> Soylent Green when I need health care. In 2013, the base Medicare Part >>> B premium goes to $245 (it is now $105), and goes up as your income goes >>> up. That is about $500 per month for a couple, plus another $4,000 or >>> so for a Medigap supplement for two. These amounts are from memory but >>> I think are close. In terms familiar to us, that is an M9 and lens >>> every year for health care that will probably be rationed anyway. >>> "Remember in November" as they say. Nice photos BTW. >>> >>> Ken >>> >>> On 7/29/2011 10:32 AM, George Lottermoser wrote: >>>> <http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=5500> >>>> >>>> c& c always welcome >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> George Lottermoser >>>> george at imagist.com >>>> http://www.imagist.com >>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information