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In reply to the discussion: Medicare for All, including dental, optical, hearing aids and mental health services? [View all]TexasBushwhacker
(20,229 posts)14. It's included in some Medicare Advantage plans. Not the full price, but some of the cost.
In any case, I don't know why it isn't considered durable medical equipment, because THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
FYI, some hearing aid companies sell reconditioned models that are cheaper.
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Medicare for All, including dental, optical, hearing aids and mental health services? [View all]
Scuba
Dec 2015
OP
Wouldn't it be GREAT to get something for your taxes besides military hardware?
HereSince1628
Dec 2015
#7
Add up dental costs, glasses and doctor visits; you will save money with a far less tax.
DhhD
Dec 2015
#19
However, you're assuming that your health insurance premiums will remain stable
canoeist52
Dec 2015
#40
It would end up that the 15 dollars an hour will end up being what they bring home now
yeoman6987
Dec 2015
#26
It's included in some Medicare Advantage plans. Not the full price, but some of the cost.
TexasBushwhacker
Dec 2015
#14
Medi4All. All of our tax money doesn't have to go WAR PROFITEERS, after all. nt
valerief
Dec 2015
#5
With Medicare for All, children in foster care would be covered like every other child.
Scuba
Dec 2015
#10
yeah.. And just exactly when did the eyes and the mouth stop being part of the whole person?
annabanana
Dec 2015
#15
wow of all the incredibly horseshittily republican reasons for not supporting universal healthcare
Warren Stupidity
Dec 2015
#32
Wow, what an incredibly naive understanding of the interlinkings between various financial...
MohRokTah
Dec 2015
#33
You fail to recognize the ties that $700B has to the rest of the financial industry as a whole.
MohRokTah
Dec 2015
#36
So Canada's economy collapsed when they moved to universal healthcare?
Warren Stupidity
Dec 2015
#37