ACA Repeal/Replace: Progressives Face Moral Dilemma

[David Horn]

(01-15-2017, 03:07 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote: I know how much health insurance costs. I'm currently paying for health insurance for my family ( a couple of 50 year old's and a teenager). I assume that I'm paying more for health insurance than a 60 year old. I wish I was just a 60 year old but I'm not just a 60 year old or a twenty something like Odin. Did you know braces cost as much as an ATV today? Did you know the average cost of raising a kid is as much as a house? I knew a lot more poor people while growing up. I don't know as many of them personally today. I had school friends who lived in the poor part of town. My grandmother was poor. My best friend was poor. I had friends who went through divorces and a got a taste of what being poor felt like. I got a taste what it felt like myself after my father died during my young teenage years.

FWIW, I'm 69 years old.  I have standard Medicare Parts A and B with a Medigap Plan G, and a Part D Drug plan.  I pay about $120/month for Medicare Part B, $90 for the Medigap Plan and $35 for the Drug Plan ... a monthly total of $245.  Medicare doesn't offer dental coverage at all, but I'm covered by my wife.  Inexpensive commercial plans are available for people on Medicare if you want them.

For my money, I pay a single annual copay of $166 a year, and $7 a refill for prescriptions (mine are not exotic in any way) -- and that's it!  I go to any doctor I wish, and never get a an out-of-network charge (or any other charge for that matter) ... ever!  Beat that with a commercial plan.