Is a gov’t run healthcare socialism?
Posted on: July 20, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090720/ap_on_go_ot/us_health_care_overhaul
I wish someone would explain the Social Security Medicare difference….isn’t that socialism?
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1 | Daniel
July 21, 2009 at 7:42 am
What most people don’t understand is that Medicare isn’t free. We all pay into that fund our whole lives, then, when we turn sixty-five we pay $96.40 each month which is deducted from our Social Security check before we see it in order to pay the monthly premium for Part B. We are responsible for either obtaining a Medicare Supplement policy to pay the deductibles and co-pays or for paying those our of pocket. Part D also has a monthly premium, co-pays and in some cases, deductibles.