Group: alt.social-security-disability
From: Relayer
Date: Friday, August 24, 2007 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: Welfare

On Aug 24, 6:54?am, "Dr Feelgood WA" wrote:
> "Relayer" wrote in message
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> > On Aug 24, 12:09?am, PCGumshoe wrote:
> >> On Aug 23, 7:18 pm, Relayer wrote:
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> >> > People were talking about Mexicans (or whatever).
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> >> > I'll tell you what is wrong. Medicare is WRONG. You can be
> >> > unemployed,
> >> > never pay a dime in taxes, never worked and all your medical is
> >> > paid
> >> > for.
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> >> > You can contribute taxes for years, pay into medicare for years,
> >> > and
> >> > because you are on SSDI, you pay a heavy monthly premium and have
> >> > dedctibles so huge you cant afford medical care. SSDI should
> >> > means
> >> > automatic medicaid before anyone. Disabled cant get medical but
> >> > people
> >> > who never work, have no desire to work and have never paid a dime
> >> > in
> >> > taxes can.
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> >> Relayer, a couple of things:
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> >> First, I don't know how much you receive every month from social
> >> security, but there are programs for low or lower income families
> >> where your premium, annual deductible and part D are paid for.
> >> Also,
> >> there is a program that pays for the 20% copayments.
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> > I paid the max into SS and twice that into Medicare for over 20
> > years,
> > so you can figure out what my SSDI is.
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> If you paid double the max into Medicare for 20 years the government
> owes you half what you paid in. :)- Hide quoted text -
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Medicare has no max