An Update on My Medicare Application
As you know, I applied for Medicare at the beginning of this month. This week, I was going to write on freeing up cash for Required Minimum Distributions for the new year. But we have time on that. This is important. So, here’s an update:
It’s my Turn to Apply for Medicare
Medicare, as you know, is the national health program for seniors created in 1966 by the Lyndon Johnson administration. But did you also know that, in 1912, Teddy Roosevelt’s platform included creating national healthcare insurance? Did you know that Harry Truman tried to put together a national health program in 1945?
The conversation around health care for all Americans is not a new conversation. And I am delighted that I get to receive the benefits of this great program that my and my employers’ 2.9% payroll taxes have funded all these years. That’s right, this isn’t an entitlement. I’ve been paying for this, and now I’m going to collect my benefit. Yay, me! Free Medicare Part A! Whoohoo!