Should Medicare Be Voluntary and Available to All?
Currently, Medicare is funded by taxes which everyone has to recompense,
even though not everyone is covered under Medicare.
I enjoy heard and read around how good a program Medicare is.
Therefore, if it is fitting, most people will choose to enroll. So I
propose reform Medicare so that it is voluntary, there is no age
qualification, and it is entirely funded by those who choose to enroll
surrounded by Medicare.
Answers:
Medicare IS voluntary, and it's not available to ALL, because if it WERE, I'd be paying not just 1/3 the premium for somoene else, but probable 1/2 the premium (as more people would join), PLUS, premium for me & my kids! Medicare taxes would dance from 10% of a paycheck, to about 45%. OUCH!
Right very soon the elderly and disabled can't AFFORD to fund their own health coverage - that's why adjectives the WORKERS are being tax on it. "Funding" an elderly or disabled person would possible cost them $1000 a month!! That's a whole social surety check! They'd be homeless and starving.
The REASON why ancestors join it, is they can't procure coverage elsewhere - because it's too expensive. So of COURSE they can't pay their own path!
As soon as the Boomers all start joining, the REST of us won't adjectives be able to pay cheque their way, any! The whole system is going to collapse, nearby won't be enough empire EARNING and PAYING TAXES to support the people TAKING 'BENEFITS'. I'm not contained by a hurry to rush the collapse.
Medicare B, C, and D are voluntary. A is not. You have to decline this.
No, Medicare is not a devout program, and it gets worse every year. Premiums progress up and benefits decline, just similar to everywhere else.
It could never be funded by only those who chose it.
So, you want to snuff out the Medicare program? I never thought of using this approach.