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

To: i-node who wrote (6860)	6/1/2009 5:40:58 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 42652

It doesn't seem strange to me. Maybe that's because after 30 years as a Fed, nothing seems strange. <g> Federal employee premiums have always been the same regardless of age and whether the employee is active or retired. The only difference was individual vs family plans. Federal employees were not covered by Medicare until the eighties. So when that changed and employees started paying the Medicare payroll tax, the premiums and payouts remained as they were, just the same as those for active employees.

To: i-node who wrote (6860)	6/1/2009 5:40:59 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 42652

It doesn't seem strange to me. Maybe that's because after 30 years as a Fed, nothing seems strange. <g> Federal employee premiums have always been the same regardless of age and whether the employee is active or retired. The only difference was individual vs family plans. Federal employees were not covered by Medicare until the eighties. So when that changed and employees started paying the Medicare payroll tax, the premiums and payouts remained as they were, just the same as those for active employees.