Just to clarify (and calm people down), we are not talking about campaign promises and tv news. We are talking about the Republican 2016 platform, a consensus statement by all the Republicans who have been elected to the House and Senate. They have the power; the President does not, although I think he was required to agree to the platform before he could run.
The Republican platform for 2016 says they will privatize Medicare, pass the increased costs onto seniors, and raise the Medicare age. I do not have a crystal ball. I do not know whether the new Congress will keep this pledge. But a wise person would plan for the
possibility that Republicans will do what they believe their voters voted for.
And I would like this thread to stick to how this affects RVing -- the industry, the RV community, and individual people here. As I have said repeatedly.
JIMNLIN wrote:
If they did privatize or do away with it and the wife and I were forced to buy insurance at the going rate we would have to sell the camper. Were both 74 years old and with our health history, costs would probably prohibit even having health care like many folks in the past and even present. SS only goes so far for most Americans.
Several years back the insurance industry said by 2020 they were looking for the cost of health care for a individual in the USA to double in costs.
Big Katuna wrote:
To respond to the thread topic; We are paying $1600 a month for high deductible healthcare. We will RV less in a cheaper rig if Medicare is messed with.
We are 63 now and were really hoping that Medicare stays intact.
We have been paying for our own insurance for 20 years. The only time it ever went down and benefits improved were the first few years of the ACA. Sadly, that is changing.
When we did retirement planning with professional planners did anyone ever think medical costs would rise so fast and so high.
Having had a million dollar claim and spending two months in the hospital, much of it in ICU having gone in for outpatient surgery, I have more insight than many of you.
