Tag: Medicare

I am not going to dig too deep into this topic today, but after my recent experience it becomes more and more apparent that we need a universal single payer system and that pricing for health care services is completely out of control. Early in October, I had my second…

Aaah…the economic news has been all over the place of late. Great Economy, Best Ever. Recession coming between now and 2021. The Fed should lower rates to beef up the economy. Tariffs are getting the job done. Delaying tariffs to avoid impacting Christmas sales. Best stock market ever. Fake news…

Frequent readers know that I am a proponent of comprehensive universal single payer health insurance for the United States. And you probably already know that I have complained about using the term Medicare For All for the universal health plan proposed by Senator Bernie Sanders (I – VT) and others….

During her five minutes of fame at the Trump rally in Mosinee yesterday, State Senator Leah Vukmir took a swipe at her opponent, US Senator Tammy Baldwin, for her stand on Medicare for all. “She calls it Medicare for all” Vukmir said. “I call it chaos for all” Considering that…

Earlier this week the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reprinted an article in their Ideas Lab from Kaiser Health News reporter Julie Revnor. I have the hard copy but online I found it on the NPR site. The article wrangles with the notion of who is really protecting the Affordable Care Act’s…

and no this isn’t going to break the backs of the drug companies. As I stated in my rant last week about the recommendations to flush unused drugs down the toilet…I had outpatient surgery. Besides an opioid for pain relief, I was also prescribed a generic antibiotic as a prophylactic…

Hey…it’s a great campaign slogan…but actually, Medicare For All is a crock…Medicare is an expensive and complicated program that wouldn’t work for the entire populace. Today Medicare has two basic plans provided by the government. When you sign up for Medicare, Part A, major catastrophic coverage, is touted as free….

Got my Medicare supplemental book in the mail on Monday…three hundred and seventeen pages in the main book. When President Trump said ‘who knew health care was so complicated?’, he actually got something right that one time. WTF? This really shouldn’t be this hard…and everyone should have healthcare…as a right…from…