Biden Has Enacted the Largest-Ever Medicare Premium Hikes

[Chip]

Conspiracy nuts thrive on both the left and right fringes.

The common impulse is to assign blame. But given the sharp increases in healthcare costs, keeping Medicare marginally solvent requires an increase in premiums.



Why don't you go after the doctors and private hospitals that jack up their charges? Or the insurance companies that are raising premiums faster than Medicare?

[Chuck Naill]

Let’s not go after anyone. We are all in this together.

[dneal]

Why don't you go after the doctors and private hospitals that jack up their charges? Or the insurance companies that are raising premiums faster than Medicare?

Because they don’t make the laws. Well, not directly anyway… lol

[Chuck Naill]

Do any of us bear some responsibility?

[TSherbs]

Conspiracy nuts thrive on both the left and right fringes.

The common impulse is to assign blame. But given the sharp increases in healthcare costs, keeping Medicare marginally solvent requires an increase in premiums.



Why don't you go after the doctors and private hospitals that jack up their charges? Or the insurance companies that are raising premiums faster than Medicare?

This graph should be adjusted for inflation

[dneal]

Curious chart. When did Medicaid and Medicare begin?

[Chip]

Curious chart. When did Medicaid and Medicare begin?

Both programs were signed into law by Johnson in 1965.

[dneal]

Correct. Point is that it seems the chart demonstrates one more case that if government is involved, prices increase exorbitantly.

[Chuck Naill]

The 1960 social programs were partially responsible the 1970’s inflation.

[dneal]

The 1960 social programs were partially responsible the 1970’s inflation.

And the 2022 $30T debt.

[Chuck Naill]

Can’t say.

[Chuck Naill]

In our present case, inflation is easy to understand unless you’ve been living in a closet for 3 years.

[dneal]

In our present case, inflation is easy to understand unless you’ve been living in a closet for 3 years.

More like 18 months or so.

[Chuck Naill]

It’s like your Covid and vaccines narratives. And perhaps your expressed opinions overall. I should not have to vet every thIng.

[dneal]

Chuck, if the discussion deteriorates; it's posts like that that lead to it.

[Chuck Naill]

Wrong.

[Niner]

I receive my healthcare through Veterans Affairs (a.k.a. "The VA"). It is a cluster. Not a cluster headache. And not a cluster bomb. The other cluster. Veterans Affairs, if I didn't know better, I'd say is a governmental entity created to prove to me that the US federal government should not deliver healthcare directly and is stupendously incompetent at even administering its funding. Want examples? I got 'em.

[Chuck Naill]

As a drug rep I had the local VA as an account. I was impressed although, I was able to get my pharmaceuticals on formulary. We should treat our veterans better.