Currently, Medicare provides Part A and Part B.
Medicare Part A covers:
Inpatient hospital care
Skilled nursing facility care
Inpatient care at a skilled nursing facility (not custodial or long term care)
Hospice care
Home health care
You had to have worked a certain amount of time in order to qualify for premium free Part A Medicare, which you get beginning at age 65.
Otherwise, monthly premiums are $458.00 a month.
There is $1,408 deductible for each benefit period, with $0 copay for days 1-60.
Days 61-90 cost you $352 per day for each benefit period.
Days 91 and beyond cost you $704 per each"lifetime reserve day," for each benefit period (lifetime reserve = 60 days).
After that, it's all on you.
Medicare Part B premium = $144.60 if your income is $87,000 or below and file single (174k if filing joint), $202.00 if 87k-109k, etc.
Medicare Part B covers doctor visits, doctor care while in the hospital, outpatient therapy, and durable medical equipment, and the deductible is $198.
Co-pay = 20% of the "Medicare Approved Amount."
Medicare Part C is Medicare Advantage and usually has a high deductible, but low monthly premiums.
Medicare Part D covers prescription drugs and costs vary by provider.
Currently, private insurance providers, such as United Healthcare, provide what is called Medicare Supplemental Insurance to cover the costs of deductibles and pay for services not covered by Medicare, such as dentists, hearing aids, vision, etc.
Supplemental insurance costs for Plan F (the supplement covering nearly every cost not covered by Medicare) vary from $150.00 in some states to as high as $300.00 in others.
Not only does Bernie want to put every swinging dick and tit on Medicare, he has no freaking clue what the true cost of this approach will mean to every American.
Bernie can go screw himself .