People who have worked and paid into “the system” can and do receive Medicaid, if they fall into poverty for some reason, become disabled, have only a small social security check for income. Etc.
The U.S. has been screwing with S. American countries for many decades. Coups, puppet dictators, theft, killings, assassinations, sanctions... all kinds of illegal, terrible interventions in the sovereign nations of South America. Especially Venezuela.
I don't think I said Medicare is charity, I meant Medicaid if I did. We pay for Medicare & Medicaid is free & much better than Medicare. Medicare is not welfare like Medicaid.
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Well, we pay for Medicaid thru state taxes, whether we are currently working or previously working, plus grocery and sales taxes in whatever state we live.
As we pay for roads, etc but not kept track of in our accounts. BTW no tax on groceries in Michigan!
The next time the government tries to push an EV down your throat , please send them to me. If I can afford it, it will require no pushing. I understand that we have many different opinions on this forum.That's fine. But, I think there is fairly minimal disagreement about health and pollution linkages. For me, if for no other reason (and there are many) I think that should convince us to change to cleaner vehicles.
Well, I have spoken directly with my insurance company, and I am covered for emergency care in another country, but must pay for it first and be reimbursed.
Yeah, that post isn’t getting the number of ‘Likes’ that it should.
Good Point Rose. I m getting off topic, sorry. Something I never thought of until recently is that our US health insurance probably won't do us any good when traveling in Canada. At least Medicare probably won't. From what I read, unless u r on a direct route to Alaska if on Medicare u r SOL. I haven't ever bought travel insurance so I looked into it, and it is expensive. Please correct me if I m wrong. Best Wishes
The majority of the countries on the list require u give something back to your country by way of some type of military service. Iceland, Luxemburg, and the Netherlands do not. It varies from full conscription or just basic training and a possible call up if needed. One of the greatest comments I ever heard from a politician (and will never hear again from either party) was John Kennedy "Don't ask what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country".
I don’t know about Medicare, itself, but don’t we all have some supplement to Medicare?
