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« on: December 07, 2011, 01:33:27 AM »

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57338124/house-gop-to-propose-pricier-medicare-for-rich/
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« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2011, 01:35:23 AM »

Sounds like a plan everyone can support. Let's cut welfare access to the rich too.
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« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2011, 01:40:28 AM »

A same plan by the House GOP? My God do pigs fly? Am I drunk?
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« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2011, 07:30:46 PM »

A same plan by the House GOP? My God do pigs fly? Am I drunk?

You're drunk.  As the article notes,there are already surcharges for Part B premiums (and Part D which the article doesn't mention) for those that report more than $85K in adjusted gross income (about 4% of recipients according to the Medicare website)  The Senate plan mentioned in the article would have added another bracket at the $750,000 level, but that is at most a cosmetic figleaf given how little it would bring in.

I can't see them putting a surcharge on Part A, and lowering the threshold for the Part B and D surcharges to something lower than the current $85,000 is an obvious non-starter.
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