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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (4777)	2/22/2008 9:14:08 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

If you've already paid for something, there is a tendency to say it's free when you take it......I am guilty of saying that about Medicare Part A. "It's not likely that we would pay for it the way we do SS and Medicare. They come from payroll taxes and cover only people who have worked a certain number of years. " They do come from payroll taxes and they are withdrawn from your salary whenever you work....no certain number of years involved. They are also not tax deductable.....they come out of every paycheck no matter what your income. If you don't pay income tax, you pay for Medicare and SS. You pay SS up to a certain earning level per year, but Medicare is paid for the full year no matter what you earn.... So Medicare and SS are universal but don't begin until 65 and as early as 62 for SS. Why don't you know this, don't you have parents or other relatives receiving them?

To: Lane3 who wrote (4777)	2/22/2008 9:14:28 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Respond to of 42652

If you've already paid for something, there is a tendency to say it's free when you take it......I am guilty of saying that about Medicare Part A. "It's not likely that we would pay for it the way we do SS and Medicare. They come from payroll taxes and cover only people who have worked a certain number of years. " They do come from payroll taxes and they are withdrawn from your salary whenever you work....no certain number of years involved. They are also not tax deductible.....they come out of every paycheck no matter what your income. If you don't pay income tax, you pay for Medicare and SS. You pay SS up to a certain earning level per year, but Medicare is paid for the full year no matter what you earn.... So Medicare and SS are universal but don't begin until 65 and as early as 62 for SS. Why don't you know this, don't you have parents or other relatives receiving them?