tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475986.post8865227041949169144..comments2024-03-21T05:29:07.463-04:00Comments on THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS: SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE ARE THE OPIATES OF THE MASSESUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475986.post-79734361629840875882009-08-16T05:28:40.437-04:002009-08-16T05:28:40.437-04:00To correct one point you made, the rate for Medica...To correct one point you made, the rate for Medicare is 2.90%, not 6%. Of the 2.90%, half (1.45%) is paid by employees and half by the employer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475986.post-41296819081760136562009-08-15T23:23:22.338-04:002009-08-15T23:23:22.338-04:00What an odd set of beliefs;
A "real sick&qu...What an odd set of beliefs; <br /><br />A "real sick" senior citizen requires only $45K of health care, <br /><br />One guy's leftover healthcare taxes just go to the Government bureaucracy (rather than other healthcare recipients,) <br /><br />Bequeathing the taxes you pay to your kids would wipe out poverty (however, most people in poverty pay little in taxes,)<br /><br />Privatizing Social Security would benefit the common citizen (especially this past year,)<br /><br />Yes indeed, the opiates are flowing, but I don’t think it's the masses who are imbibing...DavidCyrushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16131296682692193572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475986.post-29335055640185633002009-08-15T10:05:58.033-04:002009-08-15T10:05:58.033-04:00that's why we must not only defeat obamacare b...that's why we must not only defeat obamacare but rollback the entire new deal and the whole great society.Reliapundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12942299527008194753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475986.post-70233784112407314782009-08-15T09:47:50.250-04:002009-08-15T09:47:50.250-04:00If the working guy had put that money into a savin...<i>If the working guy had put that money into a savings account, then he'd have 300,000 on retirement - MORE THAN ENOUGH TO PAY FOR HIS HEALTHCARE NEEDS</i><br /><br />Exactly.<br /><br />Now, think about what a couple pays in. I figured out once that Mr. AOW, our various employers, and I have paid in about $1 million! Of that $1 million, we've used about $200,000 in benefits over our lifetime thus far. The big bill was Mr. AOW's $100,000 brain surgery in 1993 (out of pocket for us was $20,000 on that one, including the premiums and the copays for that entire year).<br /><br />And we're still paying premiums through the nose even now.<br /><br />Damn! I wish that we had the $400,000 we've already paid in for health insurance. And think of the interest that would have accrued had we put that money into a certificate of deposit!<br /><br />BTW, brain surgery is one of the highest possible bills anyone can face. The only thing more expensive is an organ transplant.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.com