tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post6641683003258929149..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: Heard Over DinnerDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-31312502088703141162008-12-31T21:12:00.000-06:002008-12-31T21:12:00.000-06:00This person would need to be a dually-eligible Med...This person would need to be a dually-eligible Medicare/Medicaid beneficiary not to have a cost-sharing responsibility (i.e., old or disabled and very poor). In those cases, it’s Medicaid that picks up the secondary costs and they would have to be very, very poor to qualify. Only about 7 million people are dually eligible for both programs.<BR/><BR/>All other people on Medicare have 20% Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-3063813683300821032008-12-31T16:18:00.000-06:002008-12-31T16:18:00.000-06:00For whatever it's worth, the unfunded mandate for ...For whatever it's worth, the unfunded mandate for Medicare as of 2008 stands at $85.9 trillion.<BR/><BR/>For comparison, the global domestic product for 2007 was around $60 trillion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-51551694694070718642008-12-29T15:14:00.000-06:002008-12-29T15:14:00.000-06:00Some people know no shame.Some people know no shame.Rogue Medichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07598646309630074992noreply@blogger.com