<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:25:16 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/medicare/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Government Nonsense, Healthcare and Other Headaches ]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the joys of aging in the US is that when you reach age 65, you are required to "enroll" in Medicare, which is the official government health insurance program... regardless of what your]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@denmarkguy/government-nonsense-healthcare-and-other-headaches</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@denmarkguy/government-nonsense-healthcare-and-other-headaches</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106316]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[denmarkguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:28:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJ6f5P7HArQE3XTCa6iUDGuwHo3ybwxWQXPLay1UT7ypG3hmHsXSRA8c223JrAdJopjv7pAVPv8GWTBJzZixfmFzhjJCG6V2VHTAVFuhkKj3RaGkj6N?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women's History Month Day 29: Lady Bird Johnson]]></title><description><![CDATA[Women's History Month intends to honor, inspire, educate, unite and promote women in the face of forces intent on subjugating and silencing them. It is about those who overcame overt and imbedded assumptions]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/womenshistorymonth/@bobbyb58/womens-history-month-day-29-lady-bird-johnson</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/womenshistorymonth/@bobbyb58/womens-history-month-day-29-lady-bird-johnson</guid><category><![CDATA[womenshistorymonth]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bobbyb58]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 17:34:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4D1HExyY3ppmCC8Mj5QKAVuLm6i2mzW4pGXQiP27o8XrLAUgaqw9BLUU327UHPd359nGLJJAd3mu5oacVDj2UoD6rZ9x8gkvxS2LNiuAGURESemRga?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicare for all: Part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction The purpose of this post is to start a conversation, and establish what is known, or described in current legal documents, which exist to describe the proposed entity, as a starting point,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196387/@doctormedicare/medicare-for-all-part-1-fnk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196387/@doctormedicare/medicare-for-all-part-1-fnk</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[doctormedicare]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2025 22:12:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WPqSYbapGnyqFjLyW9WYehTemhxnx4tPPVLKBMU1dcwKg3e15FYHTYaMtEzau8GDYM1oPciyZ6bMHDK9QEWXDbBY97ixLq7gGAGwmLvpKKJPhz7ADNbtQppZ53K9tu7BdJ2rUw5A5Sgy9EGNE8tVb4zRKGt7mkhKo4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introduction: @theinsurancedoctor]]></title><description><![CDATA[To: The Community From: @theinsurancedoctor Re: Introduction I am a physician who practices medicine and works to help physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and hospital billing and utilization]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196233/@doctormedicare/introduction-theinsurancedoctor-btk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196233/@doctormedicare/introduction-theinsurancedoctor-btk</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196233]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[doctormedicare]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 02:34:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVwJ1UdtKm2UoLdRggqmP8si9jxVB39XXhXMaT98EzCWBzy5b7Ss1cnG8PtPtTa3jASz7q4ShyN8W8obEnttWp8T3eBXe7NpvtW67Qa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finally Curing the U.S. Healthcare System?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source Critique on the Current Status of American Health Care Although Dr. Sean Masaki Flynn's speech may have taken place 4 years before the national outrage sparked from the murder of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/healthcare/@emilygwill/finally-curing-the-us-healthcare-system</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/healthcare/@emilygwill/finally-curing-the-us-healthcare-system</guid><category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[emilygwill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 04:48:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXBZN388ZveYkzCWMqLP8RzWzbmAPCUaAaH2cAtT4LgBBmoEmWHT8NxsA6SsS8zLbfLETUXR6ER9tp3KNthJ1SQoiEo5n6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Primer on Public Debt in the United States]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US budget deficit refers to the amount by which the federal government's spending exceeds its revenue in a given year. The public debt of the US, on the other hand, is the total amount of money owed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@thepatriotblog/a-primer-on-public-debt-in-the-united-states</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@thepatriotblog/a-primer-on-public-debt-in-the-united-states</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thepatriotblog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2023 16:18:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concept: November 16, 2022. Unfunded Liabilities in the United States Reach 172.7 Trillion US Dollars]]></title><description><![CDATA[An unfunded liability of a government is a debt to a fund designed to make payments to people or entities, meaning that there's no money available to pay the debt obligations. These debt obligations are]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@marcusantoniu26/concept-november-16-2022-unfunded-liabilities-in-the-united-states-reach-1727-trillion-us-dollars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@marcusantoniu26/concept-november-16-2022-unfunded-liabilities-in-the-united-states-reach-1727-trillion-us-dollars</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marcusantoniu26]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2022 04:45:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnL7m546CVU7Vrhka?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Medicare insulin price cap is just an out of pocket cap for the end user enrollee.]]></title><description><![CDATA[About a third of Medicare enrollees have diabetes. Medicare Part D out-of-pocket spending on insulin in 2020 was over 4x spending in 2007. The average price per insulin product in 2020 was about $54, but]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/health/@zafrada/the-medicare-insulin-price-cap-is-just-an-out-of-pocket-cap-for-the-end-user-enrollee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/health/@zafrada/the-medicare-insulin-price-cap-is-just-an-out-of-pocket-cap-for-the-end-user-enrollee</guid><category><![CDATA[health]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zafrada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2022 00:44:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpra1Kwf2Avsq5j485rHysuBgFMJFD2cJyBKSdXDNFQRb9U7RjGQc2KuBA7HHETjdL7TmLVFjCg8L8fw4jTLKzBA5m56ySjBWmYA11wmT2FskWAp6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social security, savings and inflation.]]></title><description><![CDATA[$56,300 is the median salary for full time workers in the US. $1,614 is how much Social Security pays on average per month. $19,370 a year 34% the median full time salary in the US. 11.6% is the median]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/social/@leguna/social-security-savings-and-inflation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/social/@leguna/social-security-savings-and-inflation</guid><category><![CDATA[social]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leguna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2022 00:43:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCXp44VvvRtFgSE8aN7t8MvvL9LvhUrmmuXryzHmguk5p7UxGs8uLNGPQb3J9qJzb2myF5sXkaX2tjNsdJ5wFZ64JUPppZ4bmoq6rZsU6adZC22?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[News: June 3, 2022. Medicare and Social Security Close to Becoming Insolvent]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Trustees of the Social Security Program and the Medicare Program have predicted that the funds will become insolvent in 13 years and 6 years respectively. So, by 2035, once the Social Security becomes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@marcusantoniu26/news-june-3-2022-medicare</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@marcusantoniu26/news-june-3-2022-medicare</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marcusantoniu26]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2022 12:36:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnL7m546CVU7Vrhka?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Patients are Billed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most people are familiar with the pay-for-service model in healthcare. That was long long time ago. Today, medical coverage is mainly provided by insurers, and in the United States, the major players are]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@nine-minute/how-patients-are-billed</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@nine-minute/how-patients-are-billed</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nine-minute]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2022 07:23:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4QEAxUnHQoeuv4qgBYAS5BcwwE8MwK5vrCYYsmvpLxgVLP9X4uzfdhYWWhfBsnuJVUmjc9EqrdqTePsmPPbv6KHAdVG9D5DKHs9Bo63XrhbF6cpVQS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicare Advantage Plans offer a Critical Safety Net for Seniors]]></title><description><![CDATA[Medicare Advantage plans provide Medicare beneficiaries an option for private health care plans that give them access to innovative programs. 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My name is Miklaz,i love you all]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/medicare/@miklaz/introduction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/medicare/@miklaz/introduction</guid><category><![CDATA[medicare]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[miklaz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2021 20:51:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actifit and Random Ramblings: September 14 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[Probably half my steps today were from taking our dog for a walk over to one of the many lakes near where we live. She’s “a puppy of a certain age” as we like to call her, no longer a spring chicken,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193552/@preparedwombat/actifit-preparedwombat-20200915t011237627z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193552/@preparedwombat/actifit-preparedwombat-20200915t011237627z</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193552]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[preparedwombat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2020 01:12:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvXSNcyT4tXW3w6Kin6p4AwW7es3C4RaazYgLCdS31ZYdWxFyBSSEPPvN4Rz9jnYQ8uYK6wbaa6DYRjdRvogS9nw1WUp6QoXHXQTSdD1?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE WASH ...DAILY with Joey SLLiks CANNABIS NEWS REPORT American Samoa sells weed to afford medicare]]></title><description><![CDATA[Weednesday August 26 2020 in todays report: click here for video link on youtube Legalizing Medical Marijuana Could Free Up Federal Medicaid Dollars, American Samoa Official Says The “idea was legalizing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-195708/@joeyslliks/the-wash-daily-with-joey-slliks-cannabis-news-report-american-samoa-sells-weed-to-afford-medicare</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-195708/@joeyslliks/the-wash-daily-with-joey-slliks-cannabis-news-report-american-samoa-sells-weed-to-afford-medicare</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-195708]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joeyslliks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2020 01:34:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e94KdSYqoqcZZRFazAhbRETWEQszB5C7cdt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[COVID-19 in Korea] For 19 Days to Treat... Out of Pocket Expense "0 won"]]></title><description><![CDATA[[Fact Check] A Receipt is the topic on the Internet... “Fully Government Funded” (read more)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/covid19/@eversloth/covid-19-in-korea-for-19-days-to-treat-out-of-pocket-expense-0-won</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/covid19/@eversloth/covid-19-in-korea-for-19-days-to-treat-out-of-pocket-expense-0-won</guid><category><![CDATA[covid19]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[eversloth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2020 04:44:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health Care Debate Destroyed, Voter Purge Revealed, Boy Scouts Abuse Comes Out]]></title><description><![CDATA[Watch the latest episode of Redacted Tonight:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/healthcare/@leecamp/health-care-debate-destroyed-voter-purge-revealed-boy-scouts-abuse-comes-out</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/healthcare/@leecamp/health-care-debate-destroyed-voter-purge-revealed-boy-scouts-abuse-comes-out</guid><category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leecamp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 19:53:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eCMPXpiETxKoo5ZL5Lx3toZuup9SUpmWpuU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out with Medicare/Medicaid, in with all encompassing insurance voucher!]]></title><description><![CDATA[For what the federal government spends on things like Medicare and Medicaid, we could literally just give every American in the middle and working class a $400 insurance voucher every month where they]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/health/@lifecoma/out-with-medicare-medicaid-in-with-all-encompassing-insurance-voucher</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/health/@lifecoma/out-with-medicare-medicaid-in-with-all-encompassing-insurance-voucher</guid><category><![CDATA[health]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lifecoma]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:34:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQXfMWhyMjmJdCv7yYx4sNQhQpCRhC5FPPYf9zG9u8uc6DMDxmrx7qC7QNAxtoyuwdQ3fZVuP9Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Love Memes! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nor do I give a fuck when you kill yourself from obesity-related illness, it's a free country.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/national/@mattynra/i-love-memes-llk2u0fd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/national/@mattynra/i-love-memes-llk2u0fd</guid><category><![CDATA[national]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mattynra]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 13:24:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixCRvY2dU5TV92aU6zasMXtHqQgrHaXcdHQSjfrbMcpJjsgLTK9NviU8uFLiES?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>