No, your original premise is wrong. You aren't buying your social security or medicare from the government. It isn't a one-to-one transaction. Buying something means you own it. You don't own social security or medicare.
One never owns an insurance plan. One has rights to the benefits provided in exchange for a stream of payments. Kinda like...Medicare and SS.
Own then may be the wrong term. It's provding a service for as long as you choose to pay for it, like cable or internet. SS and medicare don't work that way. 1) You dont have a choice. 2) You aren't paying for YOUR SS or YOUR medicare.
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