Originally Posted by
Rasulis
Medicare is not socialized medicine. We still pay premium just like any insurance. We pay $149 per month for Part A and Part B which is taken directly out of my wife's Social Security. We pay $66 per month for Sharp Medicare Platinum Advantage which covers Part C and Part D. We could go with gold which has zero premium, but for $66 per month we received dental, eye and hearing coverage also, zero copay for her medicine, and lower hospital and long-term care rate.
Low-income seniors are considered dual eligible. They are covered by both Medicare and Medicaid which are two different systems. How that work I don't know. From what I understand, this is very complicated. Because Medicaid is administered by State (with Federal funding) and Medicare is Federal. From Center of Medicare Advocacy: