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Government Forms!

Lately, I have been dealing unusually much with government forms, paperwork filings and officialdom. In an odd way it reminds me just how relatively primitive the

Government Nonsense, Healthcare and Other Headaches

One of the joys of aging in the US is that when you reach age 65, you are required to "enroll" in Medicare, which is the official government health insurance

Women's History Month Day 29: Lady Bird Johnson

Women's History Month intends to honor, inspire, educate, unite and promote women in the face of forces intent on subjugating and silencing them. It is about those

Medicare for all: Part 1

Introduction The purpose of this post is to start a conversation, and establish what is known, or described in current legal documents, which exist to describe the

Introduction: @theinsurancedoctor

To: The Community From: @theinsurancedoctor Re: Introduction I am a physician who practices medicine and works to help physicians, nurse practitioners, physician

Finally Curing the U.S. Healthcare System?

Image Source Critique on the Current Status of American Health Care Although Dr. Sean Masaki Flynn's speech may have taken place 4 years before the national outrage

A Primer on Public Debt in the United States

The US budget deficit refers to the amount by which the federal government's spending exceeds its revenue in a given year. The public debt of the US, on the other

Concept: November 16, 2022. Unfunded Liabilities in the United States Reach 172.7 Trillion US Dollars

An unfunded liability of a government is a debt to a fund designed to make payments to people or entities, meaning that there's no money available to pay the debt

The Medicare insulin price cap is just an out of pocket cap for the end user enrollee.

About a third of Medicare enrollees have diabetes. Medicare Part D out-of-pocket spending on insulin in 2020 was over 4x spending in 2007. The average price per

Social security, savings and inflation.

$56,300 is the median salary for full time workers in the US. $1,614 is how much Social Security pays on average per month. $19,370 a year 34% the median full time

News: June 3, 2022. Medicare and Social Security Close to Becoming Insolvent

The Trustees of the Social Security Program and the Medicare Program have predicted that the funds will become insolvent in 13 years and 6 years respectively. So,

How Patients are Billed

Most people are familiar with the pay-for-service model in healthcare. That was long long time ago. Today, medical coverage is mainly provided by insurers, and in

Medicare Advantage Plans offer a Critical Safety Net for Seniors

Medicare Advantage plans provide Medicare beneficiaries an option for private health care plans that give them access to innovative programs. These plans are similar

I'm grateful for health insurance.

In 2005 I was without insurance and needed it. I hadn't yet seen a health provider to figure out what was wrong, so I was able to get insurance despite having what

Introduction

Hello everyone!I'm glad to be here. My name is Miklaz,i love you all

Actifit and Random Ramblings: September 14 2020

Probably half my steps today were from taking our dog for a walk over to one of the many lakes near where we live. She’s “a puppy of a certain age” as we like to

THE WASH ...DAILY with Joey SLLiks CANNABIS NEWS REPORT American Samoa sells weed to afford medicare

Weednesday August 26 2020 in todays report: click here for video link on youtube Legalizing Medical Marijuana Could Free Up Federal Medicaid Dollars, American Samoa

[COVID-19 in Korea] For 19 Days to Treat... Out of Pocket Expense "0 won"

[Fact Check] A Receipt is the topic on the Internet... “Fully Government Funded” (read more)

Health Care Debate Destroyed, Voter Purge Revealed, Boy Scouts Abuse Comes Out

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Out with Medicare/Medicaid, in with all encompassing insurance voucher!

For what the federal government spends on things like Medicare and Medicaid, we could literally just give every American in the middle and working class a $400 insurance