An example of stupid Democrat LIE!!!

[healthmyths]

I just heard an ad by a Democrat who said his GOP opponent was in favor of "privatizing Medicare"!
What an idiot!
Obviously this idiot doesn't know these FACTS!!!
Obviously you don't know that nearly More than half of eligible Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage in 2024.
In 2024, more than half (54%) of eligible Medicare beneficiaries – 32.8 million people out of 61.2 million Medicare beneficiaries with both Medicare Parts A and B – are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans.
Medicare Advantage in 2024: Enrollment Update and Key Trends | KFF trends/#:~:text=More%20than%20half%20of%20eligible,enrolled%20in%20Medicare%20Advantage%20plans.
Beneficiaries with diabetes will be able to choose from over 1,600 Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug plans which all offer insulin for a copay of $35 per month in 2021. CMS declared that over 1,750 Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D plans would participate in the model.Over 1,600 Medicare Advantage plans in All 50 states and they have over 54% of Medicare beneficiaries as MEMBERS! These plans (Also known as Part C) are mostly for profit!
How dumb you Dumbocrats are !

 

[mamooth]

I just heard an ad by a Democrat who said his GOP opponent was in favor of "privatizing Medicare"!

And it was probably true, so why are you squealing?

Oh, that's right. Trump cultists don't care about truth. In their eyes, morality is defined by what benefits TheParty.

Oh, many Medicare Advantage plans are a scam.

 

[debbiedowner]

I just heard an ad by a Democrat who said his GOP opponent was in favor of "privatizing Medicare"!
What an idiot!
Obviously this idiot doesn't know these FACTS!!!
Obviously you don't know that nearly More than half of eligible Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage in 2024.
In 2024, more than half (54%) of eligible Medicare beneficiaries – 32.8 million people out of 61.2 million Medicare beneficiaries with both Medicare Parts A and B – are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans.
Medicare Advantage in 2024: Enrollment Update and Key Trends | KFF trends/#:~:text=More%20than%20half%20of%20eligible,enrolled%20in%20Medicare%20Advantage%20plans.
Beneficiaries with diabetes will be able to choose from over 1,600 Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug plans which all offer insulin for a copay of $35 per month in 2021. CMS declared that over 1,750 Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D plans would participate in the model.Over 1,600 Medicare Advantage plans in All 50 states and they have over 54% of Medicare beneficiaries as MEMBERS! These plans (Also known as Part C) are mostly for profit!
How dumb you Dumbocrats are !

Maybe if you paid attention that dem is right as most republican legislatures do want to completely privatize Medicare and throw everyone into a Med Advantage not just half of the Medicare eligibles.

 

[Augustine_]

I just heard an ad by a Democrat who said his GOP opponent was in favor of "privatizing Medicare"!

Yes it's outlined in Project 2025

 

[Kilroy2]

It was true but take into consideration this was proposed by a committee (Republican based) and nowhere near the level of a vote being taken. With this being an election year, they are making plans if they can gain enough power

But its a secret now



On Wednesday, the Republican Study Committee – which represents 100% of House Republican leadership and nearly 80% of their members – just proposed yet another budget that would cut Medicare, Social Security, and the Affordable Care Act , as well as increase prescription drug, energy, and housing costs – all while forcing tax giveaways for the very rich onto the country. Their plan would even raise the Social Security retirement age


80% of House Republicans released a Budget that:

Cuts Medicare and Social Security while putting health care at risk for millions

1. Calls for over $1.5 trillion in cuts to Social Security, including an increase in the retirement age to 69 and cutting disability benefits.
2. Raises Medicare costs for seniors by taking away Medicare’s authority to negotiate prescription drug costs, repealing $35 insulin, and the $2,000 out-of-pocket cap in the Inflation Reduction Act
3. Transitions Medicare to a premium support system that CBO has found would raise premiums for many seniors.
4. Cuts Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program by $4.5 trillion over ten years, taking coverage away from millions of people, eroding care for seniors, children, and people with disabilities, and taking us back to the days where people could be denied care for pre-existing conditions and charged more for health insurance simply for being a woman.

Rigs the economy for the wealthy and large corporations against middle class families

It is true and one would have to keep in mind that this is a proposal by house republicans

FACT SHEET: 80% of House Republicans Release Plan Targeting Medicare, Social Security, and the Affordable Care Act, Raising Costs, and Cutting Taxes for the Wealthy | The White House

In his State of the Union Less than two weeks ago, President Biden laid out his vision for an economy that gives the middle class a fair shot. He also

www.whitehouse.gov

Republicans Are Planning to Totally Privatize Medicare -- And Fast

 

[MarathonMike]

I just heard an ad by a Democrat who said his GOP opponent was in favor of "privatizing Medicare"!
What an idiot!
Obviously this idiot doesn't know these FACTS!!!
Obviously you don't know that nearly More than half of eligible Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage in 2024.
In 2024, more than half (54%) of eligible Medicare beneficiaries – 32.8 million people out of 61.2 million Medicare beneficiaries with both Medicare Parts A and B – are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans.
Medicare Advantage in 2024: Enrollment Update and Key Trends | KFF trends/#:~:text=More%20than%20half%20of%20eligible,enrolled%20in%20Medicare%20Advantage%20plans.
Beneficiaries with diabetes will be able to choose from over 1,600 Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug plans which all offer insulin for a copay of $35 per month in 2021. CMS declared that over 1,750 Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D plans would participate in the model.Over 1,600 Medicare Advantage plans in All 50 states and they have over 54% of Medicare beneficiaries as MEMBERS! These plans (Also known as Part C) are mostly for profit!
How dumb you Dumbocrats are !

Every Harris ad is a stupid lie.

 

[Kilroy2]

George Bush refused to support any candidate this year

I guess he not going to back a democrat

but he sure is not backing the republican

Trump republicans, - He is all we got

George W Bush reveals his decision on 2024 endorsement after Cheney snubbed Trump

The 43rd president will not join his former vice president Dick Cheney, who said last week that he would vote for Democrat Kamala Harris

www.aol.com

 

[Crepitus]

I just heard an ad by a Democrat who said his GOP opponent was in favor of "privatizing Medicare"!

That has been a republican dream for decades.

Everyone knows it.

Next stupidity please.

 

[Kilroy2]

That has been a republican dream for decades.

Everyone knows it.

Next stupidity please.

Yet they never achieved it

That has been a republican dream for decades.

Everyone knows it.

Next stupidity please.

Now the facts , I am sure you heard of obama care. This was before Trump became president. Republicans hate it because he thought of it first. Then everyone wants to get on that and wagon

Trumpcare is nothing more than a repeat of obama care.

Private Medicare plans have existed since the 1970s but only really took off in recent decades. A big change came under President Obama. His Affordable Care Act, which became known as “Obamacare,” improved the system, drove down costs and introduced incentives for insurers to make their plans better — including a star rating and annual bonuses for hitting quality targets.

Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley all want to repeal Obamacare.

in Trumps case he just wanted to rename it Trumpcare.

How original

next

Column: The GOP is back to attacking Obamacare, and making less sense than ever

Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley all want to repeal Obamacare. Their plan to replace it is not having any plan at all.

www.latimes.com

 

[Mac1958]

The Dems are dishonest when they talk about "Medicare for All". That's just their term for Single Payer.

But, expanding the current Medicare/Medicare Supplement/Medicare Advantage plan to all is the obvious way to do this. It provides both government support and free market competition and innovation.

Some tweaks would have to be made, such as provider contracting, age-banding and (perhaps) means testing to save money, but the plan is already working and expanding it would not be difficult at all. Imagine how much of a burden would be lifted from American employers. It's right there, set up, ready to go.

Oh, and some Republicans who are not paralyzed by ideology think this is a good idea, too: I'll be danged - Republicans may have it right on a health system!

 

[pknopp]

Reads to me like spam.

 

[healthmyths]

That has been a republican dream for decades.

Everyone knows it.

Next stupidity please.

BUT dummy! What do you call the 900+ private for-and non-profit companies that manage over 54% of all Medicare beneficiaries?
IT already EXISTS and Medicare appreciates it! Plus people like you are so dumb about Medicare. For example as a Part B beneficiary every month The standard monthly premium for Medicare Part B enrollees will be $174.70 for 2024.
AGAIN dummies like you WILL have to have if in 2024 $174.70 each month deducted by the government.
BUT dummies who have no idea of the privatization of Medicare by the 900+ companies some like MINE actually send a $125/month check to Medicare to cover almost all of the $174.70 THAT WOULD have been deducted!
MY Medicare Advantage plan costs me NOTHING plus I receive $125/month more on my SS check!
But see "the devil is in the details" and you are truly UNINFORMED!
AGAIN because your attention span is less than 8.5 seconds.... Medicare is already privatized!

 

[healthmyths]

Yes it's outlined in Project 2025

IT already EXISTS but dummies like you have obviously NO IDEA what Part C or Medicare Advantage plans are that over 950 companies that have 54% of all Medicare beneficiaries enrolled ALREADY! Totally uninformed dummy!

 

[80zephyr]

BUT dummy! What do you call the 900+ private for-and non-profit companies that manage over 54% of all Medicare beneficiaries?
IT already EXISTS and Medicare appreciates it! Plus people like you are so dumb about Medicare. For example as a Part B beneficiary every month The standard monthly premium for Medicare Part B enrollees will be $174.70 for 2024.
AGAIN dummies like you WILL have to have if in 2024 $174.70 each month deducted by the government.
BUT dummies who have no idea of the privatization of Medicare by the 900+ companies some like MINE actually send a $125/month check to Medicare to cover almost all of the $174.70 THAT WOULD have been deducted!
MY Medicare Advantage plan costs me NOTHING plus I receive $125/month more on my SS check!
But see "the devil is in the details" and you are truly UNINFORMED!
AGAIN because your attention span is less than 8.5 seconds.... Medicare is already privatized!

What plan do you have please?

 

[debbiedowner]

Yes it's outlined in Project 2025

That was George Bush intentions when he signed the Medicare act of 2003, but just hasn't happened yet.

 

[debbiedowner]

BUT dummy! What do you call the 900+ private for-and non-profit companies that manage over 54% of all Medicare beneficiaries?
IT already EXISTS and Medicare appreciates it! Plus people like you are so dumb about Medicare. For example as a Part B beneficiary every month The standard monthly premium for Medicare Part B enrollees will be $174.70 for 2024.
AGAIN dummies like you WILL have to have if in 2024 $174.70 each month deducted by the government.
BUT dummies who have no idea of the privatization of Medicare by the 900+ companies some like MINE actually send a $125/month check to Medicare to cover almost all of the $174.70 THAT WOULD have been deducted!
MY Medicare Advantage plan costs me NOTHING plus I receive $125/month more on my SS check!
But see "the devil is in the details" and you are truly UNINFORMED!
AGAIN because your attention span is less than 8.5 seconds.... Medicare is already privatized!

That $125 will possibly go down next year or even your plan dropped and you will have to choose a new one. Some plans will experience big changes for 2025.

 

[healthmyths]

What plan do you have please?

I've been a "privatized Medicare" member for nearly 10 years. And this year my Medicare plan pays 71% of the deduction iof $174.70. Now I used to live in Florida with an older population and hence greater competition and my Part B payment by my Medicare Advantage (MA) paid the then total $185.00.
Also I pay nothing for my PCP office visit as my MA pays entirely. Now if I just had traditional Medicare, I'd pay 20% of the visit and Medicare the remaining 80%! AGAIN the value of MAs saving me money while they make a profit! I have no problem with that also AS THE MA like the other for profit 950+ MAs pay federal taxes i.e. 6.2% for employees FICA, and for the profit margins to 3.4% in 2022.

Moody's: Why Medicare Advantage's profitability may be on the decline

Medicare Advantage (MA) continues to grow, but there are signs that its profitability is on the decline, according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service. | Medicare Advantage continues to grow, but there are signs that its profitability is on the decline, according to a new report from...

www.fiercehealthcare.com

 

[healthmyths]

That $125 will possibly go down next year or even your plan dropped and you will have to choose a new one. Some plans will experience big changes for 2025.

Who the f...k are you? Because today... today the Part B traditional medicare NOT a Medicare Advantage plan member but traditional Medicare beneficiary has $175.70 deducted EACH MONTH from their SS payment. Me as a MA member gets a payment to SS by my MA of $125/month thus the net payment deducted from my SS check is $50!

Next year 2025 the Part B payment that would be deducted will be:
In its annual report released in March, the Medicare Trustees forecasted a monthly Part B premium hike of roughly $10.30, from $174.70 in 2024 to $185 in 2025.

2026 Social Security COLA: Benefits Estimated To Rise By 2.4% In 2026 | Bankrate

Learn how the 2026 Social Security COLA affects your retirement income. Get insights on the estimated 2.4% increase for the upcoming year.

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To remain competitive, my MA will have to increase their payment possible to $140/month thus I won't have as the traditional Medicare beneficiary will have deducted from their SS check of $185./month.

FACTS please show where your FACTS come from!

 

[healthmyths]

What plan do you have please?

Cigna Plan 80840

 

[debbiedowner]

Who the f...k are you? Because today... today the Part B traditional medicare NOT a Medicare Advantage plan member but traditional Medicare beneficiary has $175.70 deducted EACH MONTH from their SS payment. Me as a MA member gets a payment to SS by my MA of $125/month thus the net payment deducted from my SS check is $50!

Next year 2025 the Part B payment that would be deducted will be:
In its annual report released in March, the Medicare Trustees forecasted a monthly Part B premium hike of roughly $10.30, from $174.70 in 2024 to $185 in 2025.

2026 Social Security COLA: Benefits Estimated To Rise By 2.4% In 2026 | Bankrate

Learn how the 2026 Social Security COLA affects your retirement income. Get insights on the estimated 2.4% increase for the upcoming year.

www.bankrate.com

To remain competitive, my MA will have to increase their payment possible to $140/month thus I won't have as the traditional Medicare beneficiary will have deducted from their SS check of $185./month.

FACTS please show where your FACTS come from!

You are funny. I won't tell you who I am but I have worked in this field 30+years and I didn't say anything about your particular plan or company. I simply gave you a warning and I know for a fucking fact almost all Med Advantage plans are changing a bit next year and many are going away. I also know it's going to be very possible the Part B the Med Advantage plan is reimbursing you may go away or be reduced.

Get back with me when you receive your annual notice of change and eoc late this month or early October.