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Proposed Medicare Cost Increases
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Proposed Medicare Cost Increases
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The per person Medicare Part B insurance premium will increase from the present monthly fee of $96.40, to: $104.20 in 2012; $120.20 in 2013; and $247.00 in 2014 according to
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Proposed Medicare Cost Increases
posted at October 4, 2011 12:29 PM EDT
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The per person Medicare Part B insurance premium will increase from the present monthly fee of $96.40, to: $104.20 in 2012; $120.20 in 2013; and $247.00 in 2014 according to the Obama Healthcare Bill. This bill was endorsed by AARP. What can be done to offset the increased costs noted above, while taxation, inflation and other costs of living for Senior Citizens increase?
These are provisions incorporated in the Obamacare legislation, purposely delayed
so as not to 'confuse' the 2012 re-election. Send this to all seniors that you know,
so they will know who's throwing them under the bus. |
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Re: Proposed Medicare Cost Increases
posted at October 11, 2011 4:25 PM EDT
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Do you have any evidence of this? Perhaps a link to a credible media outlet? Or are you just posting an anonymous email that someone sent to you? Yeah, that's what I thought.
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Re: Proposed Medicare Cost Increases
posted at October 13, 2011 7:05 PM EDT
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My 80-year-old father is saying the same thing, about the cost of Part B hitting $250/month in 2013 or 2014. This must be some kind of Internet misinformation, so does anyone really know. It sounds totally impossible. |
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Re: Proposed Medicare Cost Increases
posted at October 14, 2011 5:25 PM EDT
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In Response to Re: Proposed Medicare Cost Increases: Do you have any evidence of this? Perhaps a link to a credible media outlet? Or are you just posting an anonymous email that someone sent to you? Yeah, that's what I thought. Posted by iKilian Should be somewhere in the thousands of pages of ACA few ever read! |
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Re: Proposed Medicare Cost Increases
posted at October 18, 2011 8:29 PM EDT
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I don't have any comments on the YouTube cartoon that Rellif keeps posting over and over. But check this page on www.factcheck.org: http://www.factcheck.org/2011/04/premium-nonsense-on-medicare/ www.snopes.com has another repudiation of the scare tactic rumor. It is a bit more complicated article because it starts with the COLA rumors but ends with the same conclusion as FactCheck did. You can find the Snopes article here: http://www.snopes.com/politics/socialsecurity/cola.asp Both FactCheck and Snopes are good sites to check the facts behind the rumors that are always floating the online world. |
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Re: Proposed Medicare Cost Increases
posted at October 26, 2011 2:12 PM EDT
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In Response to Re: Proposed Medicare Cost Increases: My 80-year-old father is saying the same thing, about the cost of Part B hitting $250/month in 2013 or 2014. This must be some kind of Internet misinformation, so does anyone really know. It sounds totally impossible. Posted by cdstx I replied to this post with the following but I'm not sure anyone saw it. I had no responses. So I'm trying to send it directly to you. Here's my reply: I don't have any comments on the YouTube cartoon that Rellif keeps posting over and over. But check this page on www.factcheck.org: http://www.factcheck.org/2011/04/premium-nonsense-on-medicare/ www.snopes.com has another repudiation of the scare tactic rumor. It is a bit more complicated article because it starts with the COLA rumors but ends with the same conclusion as FactCheck did. You can find the Snopes article here: http://www.snopes.com/politics/socialsecurity/cola.asp Both FactCheck and Snopes are good sites to check the facts behind the rumors that are always floating the online world. |
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Re: Proposed Medicare Cost Increases
posted at November 11, 2011 6:11 AM EST
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In Response to Proposed Medicare Cost Increases: The per person Medicare Part B insurance premium will increase from the present monthly fee of $96.40, to: $104.20 in 2012; $120.20 in 2013; and $247.00 in 2014 according to the Obama Healthcare Bill. This bill was endorsed by AARP. What can be done to offset the increased costs noted above, while taxation, inflation and other costs of living for Senior Citizens increase? These are provisions incorporated in the Obamacare legislation, purposely delayed so as not to 'confuse' the 2012 re-election. Send this to all seniors that you know, so they will know who's throwing them under the bus. Posted by 72Luigi FIRST OF ALL ---IT's NOT OBAMACARE.....its HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION Daily Kos: Capitulation: 60 House DEMOCRATS Embrace Austerity, Sign-Off on Medicare Cuts, Defunding. www.dailykos.com In today's installment of stupidity, crass political calculations and the desperate need to be inducted into the Washington Post's circle of Very Serious People, I present to you a list of 60 House Democrats who now say they are willing to lock arms with the people who seek to destroy Medicare,,,,,,, |
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