Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don't know about want, but we need the insurance. We have private insurance that is quite a bit better than MC Part B/D, so we're used to paying :). My concern was for lower income retirees who may be really squeezed by the increasing MC premiums, and then receive reduced or rationed care. On 7/29/2011 6:09 PM, Robert Meier wrote: > Ken, > > I'm confused -- do you not want the insurance, or do you just not want > to pay for it? > > Robert > > On Jul 29, 2011, at 5:41 PM, Ken Carney wrote: > >> Ever since I turned 65, I keep seeing myself as Edward G. Robinson in >> Soylent Green when I need health care. In 2013, the base Medicare >> Part B premium goes to $245 (it is now $105), and goes up as your >> income goes up. That is about $500 per month for a couple, plus >> another $4,000 or so for a Medigap supplement for two. These amounts >> are from memory but I think are close. In terms familiar to us, that >> is an M9 and lens every year for health care that will probably be >> rationed anyway. "Remember in November" as they say. Nice photos BTW. >> >> Ken >> >> On 7/29/2011 10:32 AM, George Lottermoser wrote: >>> <http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=5500> >>> >>> c& c always welcome >>> >>> Regards, >>> George Lottermoser >>> george at imagist.com >>> http://www.imagist.com >>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >