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A US National Health Care System?
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40352Can you tell me how much of the cost of a toothbrush in included in the overheadJ_F_Shepard-10/2/2015
40351At the very least the overhead is paid by payroll taxes. That is the part that TimF-10/2/2015
40350I think they get money from the payroll taxes as well. Med B??? Show where itJ_F_Shepard-10/2/2015
40349I think they get money from the payroll taxes as well. I don't think the prTimF-10/2/2015
40348<i>The point is that those whining about Medicare do have the options theLane3310/1/2015
40347You have to pay payroll taxes for Medicare. That's for Medicare A which comeJ_F_Shepard-10/1/2015
40346You have to pay payroll taxes for Medicare. That's a sunk cost, already paiTimF-10/1/2015
40345If by "you don't have to" you mean that Medicare does not mandateJ_F_Shepard-10/1/2015
40344<i>But you don't have to take Med B....</i> If by "you donLane3110/1/2015
40343If you're going to take SS payments, Medicare A payments are mandatory.. J_F_Shepard-10/1/2015
40342My answer is that if I had another insurance option I probably would take it insi-node-9/30/2015
40341His standard reply is, "I guess you'll be refusing Medicare when you beJ_F_Shepard-9/30/2015
40340FYI, if I keep my same MA plan for 2016, my part D costs are not going to changeJ_F_Shepard-9/30/2015
40339That was an interesting piece in several ways. Thanks for posting it. Canada hLane3-9/30/2015
40338An Overdue Budget Reform: Prohibit Double-Counting of Medicare Savings ChTimF-9/30/2015
40337For a new medicine people got by without it until now. Mostly without life beingTimF-9/30/2015
40336For almost all of human history people managed to get by without these specific Alastair McIntosh29/30/2015
40335"When business and government clash, the needs of citizens must prevail&quoJohn Koligman-9/30/2015
40334Transcendental goods sounds like a category made up to justify more interventionTimF-9/30/2015
40333When business and government clash, the needs of citizens must prevail This is Alastair McIntosh-9/30/2015
40332>> Medicare drug plan prices set to rise in 2016, some by a lotSeniors, gi-node-9/30/2015
40331Another $80 Billion added to the kids' bill in the first ten years.i-node-9/30/2015
40330Medicare drug plan prices set to rise in 2016, some by a lotSeniors, get ready tJohn Koligman-9/29/2015
40329Hillary Clinton to propose scrapping health law's 'Cadillac Tax' John Koligman-9/29/2015
40328One of my good friends, a far left kind of guy, has been confronted by me many ti-node-9/28/2015
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