Part B of Medicare is a fee-based service. You do not lose any of your SS by refusing it. However, if you decide later that you do want Part B, then you will be charged more for that service. These are two different benefits and are independent of each other.
How do I know? I'm currently getting my full SS benefits, I have free Part A (hospitalization) and refused Part B because I no longer trust doctors. I know this is a confusing and emotion-laden subject, but everyone should do their own research.
Please see my postscript above. This new penalty for declining Part B is being levied on those now turning 65. I linked to Medicare pages in the article showing this.
For your sake, I'm glad you were grandfathered in to the earlier non-penalty deal.
The "funny" thing is that I'm a dual US/UK citizen, so I'm actually eligible for "free" healthcare through the UK's National Health Service. I used to love the NHS. For years, I got as good or better care in the UK than I did when I lived in the US. But then covid hit and the NHS became yet another instrument of control.
I used to think of myself as a liberal, but now I realize I'm actually as much a libertarian as anything. Give me small, toothless government any day.
I pay for part B and a supplement just in case of an accident. I know a woman my age who was broadsided in the driver side door and has had so many doctor visits and surgeries over the course of several years, it would have bankrupted her husband and her without insurance coverage.
Yeah, I understand the concern. I don't have a car, so that's a major source of injuries that I am unlikely to experience. Plus, I'm divorced and on my own, so no one else to bankrupt! The point is that it is a choice, but definitely one that can have consequences - much like every other major choice in life!
I’m in my fourth year of Medicare. I pay out of pocket for my naturopathic doc (who doesn’t take insurance), supplements, acupuncture, and chiropractor. Medicare has paid for only some of my annual blood work and a handful of chiropractor visits. How I wish I had the option to buy a different insurance policy for catastrophic events instead of wasting my money on Medicare. My husband has an allopathic-only doc and we pay out of pocket for his annual visit for blood work and blood pressure med renewal so he can avoid the Medicare “wellness visit” which is little more than a sales pitch for shots and screenings.
Some confusion is apparent in the comments. The penalty for declining Medicare Part B is new, and applied to those just turning 65 recently. I linked to Medicare pages and a retirement counselor showing this penalty. Those of you who declined Part B earlier were spared that penalty, which is a deduction from social security payments, as you write in the comments.
A technical glitch led to this confusion. I had chosen green as a contrast color for my links, but re-reading my article on my phone, the green does not show up with much contrast at all. So going forward, I will choose a more vivid contrast color for links, so that it is clear when I am backing up assertions with sources.
Two thoughts. As a family nurse practitioner, living in the UK for 25 years, I admired the fact that the nhs rationed care. The reality was that there was only a certain amount of cash for healthcare. Now how do we want to spend it. (A reality the US refuses to accept). The scamdemic, however appears to have caused a seismic shift, by causing an opportunity to reduce the elderly population via covid (a bad flu), and to add midazolam (versed) and morphIne to the mix, to expedite the process. Thus reducing the number of elderly people who would require future healthcare in the UK. The nhs is on its knees and has been for a number of years. Matt Hancock, who was health minister at the time, was not mentioned. I believe he had something to do with the plan to administer these treatments according to whistleblowers.
Another point is that when people are denied access to healthcare, as they are in the UK, they seek alternatives such as naturopathic, homeopathy and self treatment, often with good results. Obviously, there are many medical problems that still require medical intervention. Sadly, in the UK there is a waiting list for nearly 5 million people of up to two years for hip and knee replacements, hernia repair and cataracts. It is hardly an ideal healthcare situation.
However, it's not just Medicare, though you correctly point out what is going on.
Stealth euthanasia (undeclared, unreported medical acts of murder) has been going on for decades in many niches of health "care" especially tainted hospice (used to be pro-life and life affirming but intentionally was turned into a hastened death factory in many cases). The methods of hastening death using Midazolam and opioids, dehydration are well-practiced tainted hospice methods of stealth euthanasia, i.e., permanent "palliative" or terminal sedation into death through circulatory collapse after lethal dehydration), intended opioid respiratory shutdown, withdrawal of stabilizing medications or administration of lethal/harmful medications, choosing not to treat the easily treated, and many more methods.
Any intentional violation of the standards of care which are commonly known tends towards death and that is what happened with COVID and any intended imposed death in medical settings (and is very widespread throughout the health care system; though totally censored from the public's knowledge)
As the former President of the non-profit, pro-life patient advocacy organization, Hospice Patients Alliance (1998 - 2020 now disbanded), I wrote a book on this topic explaining what was going on that was and still is 100% censored, even more than all the COVID malevolent acts.
The full length book explaining all of this, Stealth Euthanasia: Health Care Tyranny in America, is available online for free for reading or download at the Healthcare Advocacy and Leadership Organization ("HALO") at:
The COVID mass medical murders are an outgrowth of the stealth euthanasia movement that intentionally infiltrated the hospice industry and spread throughout health "care" as all physicians and nurses, and allied health professionals were required to be indoctrinated, i.e., "educated" in tainted palliative medicine and tainted hospice practices.
The link isn’t working... it takes you to the main HALO page. I found the link for the book on the page, but it just takes me back to the main page as well.
try a different browser maybe? I've tried the link above and it works and others have accessed it that way. I've reposted the link below as well and tested it.
Thanks for that. My ex is in hospice and I worry a lot. Aside from mild demetia and inability to stand from fractures, she was healthy than I am. I suspect her decline will accelerate as time goes on. If you stop moving, you start dying even faster.
Thank you for writing about how 65-year-olds are forced into the corporate (so-called) ‘healthcare’ system. It is so wonderful to have a physician write about this! No one seems to get it. I am 66, paying for Part B and a supplement, which I don’t even use, as I go to a functional medicine MD, who of course doesn’t accept insurance. If there was even a trace of honesty and ethics within our government, citizens would be able to choose how to use their HARD-EARNED medical benefits. I began working at age 16, and feel bitter and cheated (I’m trying to stay positive, but finding it difficult.) The destruction of the middle class (people who work for a living) appears to be a success. I’m sorry for sounding so cynical. The truth is painful and discouraging, but we must face it.
It has been a lifetime for me of having insurance that won’t pay for anything “not proven” so that when I was ready for Medicare, I didn’t expect much. I have found the premiums to be extremely expensive. There is a relationship with Social Security. I 2022, there was a COLA for Social Security. Medicare raised its Part B premium across the board to pay for 2021 “hospital” drugs (remdesivir), almost completely wiping out the COLA.
But those are small matters. I had heard people talk about their parents starving with no visitors allowed, not even Healthcare POA. One woman had a judge’s order that the hospital did not follow. Police escorted her out. To hear this is common practice and encoded in law is too much. I think it is time for over 60 people to prepare for severe illness care at home, finding doctors who will visit patients at home like not so long ago in the 60s, and using home care agencies. This is truly unnerving.
I remember my Dad’s last visits. They treated him extremely well. Was that due to his insurance? There was no Part B: the State paid for it under Aetna.
That's certainly my philosophy. I have made the decision to avoid all medical care, and yes, that includes dying at home without medical treatment. Since I live alone and have no children, there's no one to upset with that decision.
I was thinking more of getting well at home; as in bringing the treatments and doctors, nurses, home health aides in, using home care oxygen. But yes, a better place to die too.
You can buy one of the plug in machines for oxygen use, out of pocket on Amazon. I bought one after I was hospitalized with Covid. I refused to take remdesivir. Told the hospitalist, absolutely not, under any circumstances, was anyone to come near me with that kidney killer. I got very good care from nurses, I’d say exceptional in my case. So thank you to all those nurses at WVU hospital (Berkeley Medical Center,) Martinsburg WV.
At discharge, I was discharged with 30 days of baby aspirin. Wasn’t enough, one week later, I developed a blood clot in my left arm while traveling home from “vacation.” Yes, I spent my entire vacation in the hospital, plus 2 weeks. Have spent over 8 months on blood thinner eloquis, just recently cleared and have stopped taking.
May I ask what decade of life you are in? I also made plans by talking to my PCP about my fears of hospitalization and remdesivir. He actually didn’t try to convince me otherwise, but asked what treatment I would be comfortable with. I wanted to get my wishes into writing so asked him to complete a POLST with me, but that was not the appropriate document. My last resort would be to sign out AMA (against medical advice). The problem is you better not be too sick, and have your wits about you if you are going to do that.
I’m in my 50’s and exercise regularly, have had asthma my entire life. I was out of town with my granddaughter who was 3 at the time. I did contact front line doctors on day 5 but on day 8 I couldn’t move without hyperventilating. I ran an extremely high fever of 104, which I blame on a pneumonia shot (one you get every 5 yrs and I’ve taken multiple,) I got in Feb 2021. I was sick for a week after the pneumonia vaccine. It was my last one, I’ll never take another injection of anything from Pharma. I did get my medicine from frontline doctors on day 9. My sister works in a pharmacy and she filled it for me.
My doctor has said they really don’t know why it effects certain people the way it does, I had delta. My grandsons other grandfather/grandmother both got the Wuhan strain. His grandfather wasn’t very sick but his grandmother was sick for 3 weeks. They both got delta and his grandfather was in the hospital for 6 weeks on a BPAP. They released him when he could barely walk, a week later he was back in for another 2 weeks. He’s made a full recovery he told me in July, he said once in a while he has a little trouble breathing and uses an inhaler. His other grandmother had delta and even though Wuhan strain had made her terribly sick she said delta was like a bad cold.
"plug in machines for oxygen use, out of pocket on Amazon" - Actually you can't. A real oxygen machine, concentrator, will run about $1000+ and requires a prescription. They can be found on Craigslist, used but will need to be checked to ensure the sieve is still delivering. Those machines are really compressors designed to run 24/7 delivering O2 at 85% or better enhancement.
Yes, I understand. Definitely makes sense to prepare for care at home. I've read far too many stories about people of all ages left to die alone in the hospital. Simple self-defense to prepare for home care where you can control conditions better.
Up until I turned 65 I was on medicaid(income limit but no asset limit thanks to Obamacare. Even many social workers dont know that!. Medicaid is pretty good because they cannot charge you anything for treatment or meds( although sometimes they try anyway). When I turned 65 I was forced on to Medicare and the asset test came back so I did not qualify for Medicaid any more. My GP doc said he did not accept Medicare and did not know any docs who were accepting new Medicare patients. He was happy to accept Medicaid I guess because billing is simpler. I opted not to get Part B. Social security tried to pressure me to get it but I refused. So far I have saved 10k$ in premiums. The penalty doesn't happen unless I want to sign up for Part B now after not having it for some time. Instead of charging me 150$ /month It might be 180$/month. Even if I had Part B I couldnt afford to visit a doctor because of all the copays and deductibles so what the heck? The doc will prescribe meds I cant afford too. I went against my better judgement and got a vax jab last year but never again.
Consider going abroad for medical (or dental)care and passing on the expensive and largely useless "insurance coverage" in the US that can still leave you bankrupt. I had great luck going to Thailand for extensive dental work which some US dentists grudgingly admitted was higher quality than I would have gotten here and at 1/3 the price.
You didn't mention the extra money US hospitals were paid for every "covid patient" , "covid death" and extra to use remdesivir.
Can you imagine if hospitals were paid 10,000$ for every vaccine adverse reaction report to VAERS or for every vaccine related death?
I hate to break it to ya, but if you sign up for Part B, depending on when you turned 65, you might have to pay more like $300 a month, or more, and it's for the rest of your life. They charge something like 10% penalty for each year you didn't sign up. It almost doubled the cost of Part B for me. I think since they repealed the penalty for not buying Obamacare, they need to repeal the penalty for not buying Part B. And if you need hospitalization for any reason, without Part B, you will have to pay out of pocket, even if it destroys all your assets. They've got you coming or going.
You’ve touched on an important point - that even with Medicare Parts A and B, there’s lots of uncovered costs without a comprehensive supplement. Currently I pay $170.10/month for Part B, and $159/month for a Medigap supplement - which, starting a couple of years ago, is not ‘allowed’ to cover the Part B copay, which is $233/year - yet another chipping away of benefits, which is neverending. Of course, these amounts increase every single year.
If you think you are safe with a medigap plan you better think again. My Mom had a medigap plan that cost 350$/ month. It did not cover any meds which cost her 500$ /month. Plan D drug coverage would not have helped. Long term care was not covered at all and would have cost 10k$ /month because she was diabetic. When she needed a wheelchair it was not covered! When she needed physical therapy you only got three (or six?) Sessions per year. If you have a bad stroke and need rehab or get cancer and need pricey meds you are going bankrupt pretty fast medigap or no medigap. Oh yes and dental not covered at all.
The good news is you can get a decent wheelchair for a very reasonable price. I recall paying $35 for the one we bought from a medical supply store. It's not a powered one, however. But it works fine.
I was 49 when my family forced me to go to the ER last December for covid. My O2 saturation was dropping into the 70s according to my husband. I’d taken IVM at home for the week prior, but apparently not a high enough dose. The first day In the hospital, the doctor convinced me to try Remdesivir against my better judgment, assuring me they would check my liver and kidney function daily and I could stop any time. After the second day of Remdesivir,I felt sick to my stomach and refused any more. On my sixth day in the hospital, they decided I had to go on a ventilator, which I also did not want, because they were having trouble keeping my saturation above 89%. After two weeks of being sedated and ventilated (and treated with midazolam, propofol, fentanyl, and antipsychotics) they decided I needed to have a tracheostomy to prevent infection. They told my husband they would not do the tracheostomy unless he signed a DNR order for me. Ultimately, he signed the DNR. By the grace of God thanks to the prayers of many, I survived the covid hospital protocols. I spent 55 days in the hospital, 35 of which were on a ventilator. Thank God all the long-term care facilities were full, so I was allowed to go home instead. On the day I left the hospital, the discharging doctor actually said to me, “I hope you’ll get vaccinated in the next couple months.” Today makes 7 months since I came home. I can do most things I did before, but am still on supplemental oxygen. I have plenty of scar tissue in my lungs, with only about 60% lung capacity. I require less oxygen than when I first came home, but it is more due to movement requiring less effort for me now than to any healing in my lungs. While I can sit without supplemental oxygen and saturate fine now, I cannot walk a normal pace and talk at the same time and keep my oxygen up above 92% even with my oxygen concentrator. I have to slow down, and not talk. I don’t make a good walking buddy these days. But I praise God I am still alive, and still get to be mom to my 14 and 11 yo kids.
You beat the odds and survived despite all the crap they did to you. I hope your lung capacity keeps improving! Being a mom is the best thing... I'm so glad your daughters still have you and you have them.
"at the same time and keep my oxygen up above 92%" - suggests you need more flow from your machine. While the doc might say 2l/m, if that isn't helping your sats, crank it up to a higher flow rate. Beware, it's not good for you to use a high flow rate beyond the minimum for your sat maintenance. Find the flow that work for 89%+. Tell your doctor what you are doing and why just for your own comfort.
I have COPD and have a homefill concentrator that can fill carry bottles for walking around. I use a pulse-OX demand regulator to conserve but I'm free of long hoses. Your DME supplier can provide the gear given your doctor knows what to prescribe. Been doing this for 8+ years now to discover all the tricks.
Thank you for your advice! Yes, my doctor had told me to turn the O2 up when exercise because I’ll be able to exercise longer if I keep my saturation up. I can turn my portable concentrator up higher, but at higher settings it is only pulsed flow, and it gets out of sync with my breathing at higher flows. So I haven’t really found the magic setting yet for a good walking workout. I can ride an exercise bike for 45 minutes on a pulsed flow setting of 3.5 (56 ml/inhale) with no problem (saturation around 94-95%). Walking I guess takes a lot more fitness than an exercise bike. I keep the pulse oximeter on the whole time while on the bike. It is more challenging to keep on during a walk while pulling my concentrator. I don’t have insurance anymore, so ended up buying a portable concentrator out of saved funds rather than dealing anymore with the local oxygen company, who was less than transparent about pricing. I do think the pulsed regulator on a tank was better at keeping synced with my breathing than the portable concentrator. Does the Home Fill work well? I’d considered one, but was told they experienced a lot of problems with them.
The pulse regulator for tanks is much more responsive to demand than nominal portables simply because puff size can increase more. My Bonsai regulator delivers puffs nearly continuously on deep inhalations. My potable Oxy-Go (Inogen 5) at max still meters too little when I must walk fast. It's OK for the airline, but not really for exercise now that my COPD has progressed. I had an Air-Sep before that was OK for quite some time but then needed the extra via the Oxy-Go. Those with an Inogen 3 may be OK for a time but COPD is progressive, all we can do is try to slow that down.
My Homefill is my lifesaver. It sits in the bedroom corner (noisy beast, but I can tolerate). I fill small 7# cylinders for short excursions, walks and shopping that last several hours. I can set my pulse-ox regulator to 1 or 2 for pushing a shopping cart and reset to 3 for fast walking. I can keep my sats > 89% per the oximeter. I live at 6000' so am accustomed to low sats. A normal person will do well to get > 95% at altitude. I use a 14# bottle around the house so I can move around the kitchen and laundry doing chores. I just use a hand carry bag to lug it about and it stands nicely on the floor or propped against the wall as I move around.
I have had no maintenance issues with my Invacare Homefill machine. I just clean the dust filters. There is an internal filter that my DME is supposed to service yearly but I must pull teeth to get them to perform. This machine has been working for ~ 4 years OK. A previous DME supplier's machine worked for ~ 6 years before their contract expired and I had to change suppliers. The Invacare concentrator is ~ $500-700 while the Homefill compressor is ~ $1000-2000. The used market can be good. You can find buys on Craigslist depending on city and a sieve replacement will run about $300-400 at a service point should one be needed; any Criaigs buy must be checked by a service point. But Craigs can be much cheaper. The machines are designed to run 24/7 and are quite robust.
I had actually purchased a Bonsai conserver when I discontinued my stationary concentrator rental because I thought the would still be able to supply me with tanks (Lincare refused) as I returned it unopened for a refund. I’ve since seen them cheaper on eBay. Is that something you would trust getting from eBay, or better to buy from a medical company?
Thank you for your thoughtful reply! I am hoping to not need O2 long term, but with plenty of scar tissue (I think, but can they really tell if it’s actually scar tissue/fibrosis just a couple months after covid?) I wonder if I’ll always need it... Certainly if this is long-term, the expenditure is worthwhile. Hearing your experience with different concentrators is very helpful. I went for a walk around the block today with my portable and oximeter. I did pursed lip breathing, and kept my saturation between 93-95 on a setting of 7, which corresponds to 128 ml/inhale. I will keep watch for a used HomeFill. Does it have to be used with an Invacare stationary concentrator, or will any brand stationary unit work?
Thank you Dr. Colleen. I greatly appreciate your writing and viewpoint.
I believe the US is working slowly toward rationed care. All of this as the globe warms, ....
the people will be eating crickets. Maybe this will really be "the great reset" hahahahaha
I am glad I am older. I feel pretty bad for the newer generations that are too busy on their cell phones and social media to notice that Zuckerberg and Gates are playing checkers
i live in the uk, in a busy area. i have/had a bunch of elderly people living in the row of houses behind my house, in the last two years 4 of the 7 are gone. the street opposite in front of my house is not elderly specific but 3 of the older residence have passed in the last two years too. that's 7 neighbours in two years 65 and over, i had known or seen all of them for the better part of twenty years.
just down the road there is a care home building that used to be full, some parts are never lit up any more, no idea whats going on there but i think the triple use of midazolam would be a prime suspect
Using Midazolam for executions by lethal injection then putting it on the COVID treatment protocol is an alarming new detail for me & shocking the "dual use" has not become a well known fact. Thanks so much for the deep dives, comments, context and courage to out these psychos.
I was living in the UK during the early part of the pandemic. It's fairly well known, even outside of skeptic circles that Midazolam was given to UK care home (nursing home) residents and lots of them died. Hell of a scandal, but like all the rest of the scandals, it continues to be ignored.
Yes the use of Midazolam and negative effects was mentioned in quite a few places that have done honest reporting, but this is the very first time I've seen anyone cite it as a drug used for executions. Not that the Covidian policies or withholding treatments or using ineffective high cost drugs hasn't painted a ghastly enough portrait of genocide, but to pull a drug right off the executioners shelf has a more horrifying level of intention to it with not even a fig leaf to hide behind. Don't use the horse paste when the hangman has a record of 100% success.
It's in Canada, too..... When my dad was diagnosed with cancer in 2015, I had the same experience with his cancer treatments...I would accompany him to every appt because he also had language barriers as English was not his first language..... they always pushed tests and treatments he was not in favour of...he would always say that he wanted them to talk to me so I could explain it to him.....they were rude, disrespectful and angry each and every time he would suggest this...they liked that he was scared, confused and didn't understand everything...made their committing murder quicker....I was just wasting their time and standing in the way... we found out after he passed in 2016 that the hospitalist changed his wishes w/o him or family being notified to Do Not Resuscitate..... we were at the hospital with him 24/7 for the 40 days he was there and they still managed to do this behind our backs.....
Obama’s administration started pushing this with Ezekiel Emanuel with his “Why I Hope To Die At 75.” Brandon is an Obama puppet enacting it.
The Elderly Aren’t Dying Quickly Enough
https://theagingviking.substack.com/p/the-elderly-arent-dying-quickly-enough
Amazing.
Part B of Medicare is a fee-based service. You do not lose any of your SS by refusing it. However, if you decide later that you do want Part B, then you will be charged more for that service. These are two different benefits and are independent of each other.
How do I know? I'm currently getting my full SS benefits, I have free Part A (hospitalization) and refused Part B because I no longer trust doctors. I know this is a confusing and emotion-laden subject, but everyone should do their own research.
Please see my postscript above. This new penalty for declining Part B is being levied on those now turning 65. I linked to Medicare pages in the article showing this.
For your sake, I'm glad you were grandfathered in to the earlier non-penalty deal.
Hubbs and I have also refused the part B. It is just a huge waste of money.
The US govt is a ponzi scheme and the rich pols get richer and richer
The "funny" thing is that I'm a dual US/UK citizen, so I'm actually eligible for "free" healthcare through the UK's National Health Service. I used to love the NHS. For years, I got as good or better care in the UK than I did when I lived in the US. But then covid hit and the NHS became yet another instrument of control.
I used to think of myself as a liberal, but now I realize I'm actually as much a libertarian as anything. Give me small, toothless government any day.
Thank you MG
I just turned 60 and haven’t given Medicare even a thought
But guess as I move closer I will.
I have no trust in doctors either at this point. Well for a long time actually.
No health issues and no meds….. I know rare.
But appreciate this info. I need to look into all this as I don’t want to pay for something I won’t use .
I saw the article says I would be penalized through my Social Security.
So I will have to sift through all this.
Thank you again.
I pay for part B and a supplement just in case of an accident. I know a woman my age who was broadsided in the driver side door and has had so many doctor visits and surgeries over the course of several years, it would have bankrupted her husband and her without insurance coverage.
Yeah, I understand the concern. I don't have a car, so that's a major source of injuries that I am unlikely to experience. Plus, I'm divorced and on my own, so no one else to bankrupt! The point is that it is a choice, but definitely one that can have consequences - much like every other major choice in life!
I’m in my fourth year of Medicare. I pay out of pocket for my naturopathic doc (who doesn’t take insurance), supplements, acupuncture, and chiropractor. Medicare has paid for only some of my annual blood work and a handful of chiropractor visits. How I wish I had the option to buy a different insurance policy for catastrophic events instead of wasting my money on Medicare. My husband has an allopathic-only doc and we pay out of pocket for his annual visit for blood work and blood pressure med renewal so he can avoid the Medicare “wellness visit” which is little more than a sales pitch for shots and screenings.
Some confusion is apparent in the comments. The penalty for declining Medicare Part B is new, and applied to those just turning 65 recently. I linked to Medicare pages and a retirement counselor showing this penalty. Those of you who declined Part B earlier were spared that penalty, which is a deduction from social security payments, as you write in the comments.
A technical glitch led to this confusion. I had chosen green as a contrast color for my links, but re-reading my article on my phone, the green does not show up with much contrast at all. So going forward, I will choose a more vivid contrast color for links, so that it is clear when I am backing up assertions with sources.
Two thoughts. As a family nurse practitioner, living in the UK for 25 years, I admired the fact that the nhs rationed care. The reality was that there was only a certain amount of cash for healthcare. Now how do we want to spend it. (A reality the US refuses to accept). The scamdemic, however appears to have caused a seismic shift, by causing an opportunity to reduce the elderly population via covid (a bad flu), and to add midazolam (versed) and morphIne to the mix, to expedite the process. Thus reducing the number of elderly people who would require future healthcare in the UK. The nhs is on its knees and has been for a number of years. Matt Hancock, who was health minister at the time, was not mentioned. I believe he had something to do with the plan to administer these treatments according to whistleblowers.
Another point is that when people are denied access to healthcare, as they are in the UK, they seek alternatives such as naturopathic, homeopathy and self treatment, often with good results. Obviously, there are many medical problems that still require medical intervention. Sadly, in the UK there is a waiting list for nearly 5 million people of up to two years for hip and knee replacements, hernia repair and cataracts. It is hardly an ideal healthcare situation.
And yet, billions are sent to an utterly corrupt .gov in Ukraine.
For freedom…
Wonderfully and woefully accurate!
However, it's not just Medicare, though you correctly point out what is going on.
Stealth euthanasia (undeclared, unreported medical acts of murder) has been going on for decades in many niches of health "care" especially tainted hospice (used to be pro-life and life affirming but intentionally was turned into a hastened death factory in many cases). The methods of hastening death using Midazolam and opioids, dehydration are well-practiced tainted hospice methods of stealth euthanasia, i.e., permanent "palliative" or terminal sedation into death through circulatory collapse after lethal dehydration), intended opioid respiratory shutdown, withdrawal of stabilizing medications or administration of lethal/harmful medications, choosing not to treat the easily treated, and many more methods.
Any intentional violation of the standards of care which are commonly known tends towards death and that is what happened with COVID and any intended imposed death in medical settings (and is very widespread throughout the health care system; though totally censored from the public's knowledge)
As the former President of the non-profit, pro-life patient advocacy organization, Hospice Patients Alliance (1998 - 2020 now disbanded), I wrote a book on this topic explaining what was going on that was and still is 100% censored, even more than all the COVID malevolent acts.
The full length book explaining all of this, Stealth Euthanasia: Health Care Tyranny in America, is available online for free for reading or download at the Healthcare Advocacy and Leadership Organization ("HALO") at:
https://halovoice.org/wp-content/uploads/stealth-euthanasia-1-by-Ron-Panzer.pdf
The COVID mass medical murders are an outgrowth of the stealth euthanasia movement that intentionally infiltrated the hospice industry and spread throughout health "care" as all physicians and nurses, and allied health professionals were required to be indoctrinated, i.e., "educated" in tainted palliative medicine and tainted hospice practices.
Thank you for the work you've done and providing the link to your book. I will check it out!
The link isn’t working... it takes you to the main HALO page. I found the link for the book on the page, but it just takes me back to the main page as well.
strange.
try a different browser maybe? I've tried the link above and it works and others have accessed it that way. I've reposted the link below as well and tested it.
Used Safari and turned off VPN, and was able to download. Thank you!
It could be that I am using Brave and a VPN. I’ll try w/o the VPN and using Safari. Thank you for checking, and for making your book available to us!
https://halovoice.org/wp-content/uploads/stealth-euthanasia-1-by-Ron-Panzer.pdf
copied from the page where the book, Stealth Euthanasia, is posted
Thanks for that. My ex is in hospice and I worry a lot. Aside from mild demetia and inability to stand from fractures, she was healthy than I am. I suspect her decline will accelerate as time goes on. If you stop moving, you start dying even faster.
Thank you for writing about how 65-year-olds are forced into the corporate (so-called) ‘healthcare’ system. It is so wonderful to have a physician write about this! No one seems to get it. I am 66, paying for Part B and a supplement, which I don’t even use, as I go to a functional medicine MD, who of course doesn’t accept insurance. If there was even a trace of honesty and ethics within our government, citizens would be able to choose how to use their HARD-EARNED medical benefits. I began working at age 16, and feel bitter and cheated (I’m trying to stay positive, but finding it difficult.) The destruction of the middle class (people who work for a living) appears to be a success. I’m sorry for sounding so cynical. The truth is painful and discouraging, but we must face it.
It has been a lifetime for me of having insurance that won’t pay for anything “not proven” so that when I was ready for Medicare, I didn’t expect much. I have found the premiums to be extremely expensive. There is a relationship with Social Security. I 2022, there was a COLA for Social Security. Medicare raised its Part B premium across the board to pay for 2021 “hospital” drugs (remdesivir), almost completely wiping out the COLA.
But those are small matters. I had heard people talk about their parents starving with no visitors allowed, not even Healthcare POA. One woman had a judge’s order that the hospital did not follow. Police escorted her out. To hear this is common practice and encoded in law is too much. I think it is time for over 60 people to prepare for severe illness care at home, finding doctors who will visit patients at home like not so long ago in the 60s, and using home care agencies. This is truly unnerving.
I remember my Dad’s last visits. They treated him extremely well. Was that due to his insurance? There was no Part B: the State paid for it under Aetna.
That's certainly my philosophy. I have made the decision to avoid all medical care, and yes, that includes dying at home without medical treatment. Since I live alone and have no children, there's no one to upset with that decision.
I was thinking more of getting well at home; as in bringing the treatments and doctors, nurses, home health aides in, using home care oxygen. But yes, a better place to die too.
You can buy one of the plug in machines for oxygen use, out of pocket on Amazon. I bought one after I was hospitalized with Covid. I refused to take remdesivir. Told the hospitalist, absolutely not, under any circumstances, was anyone to come near me with that kidney killer. I got very good care from nurses, I’d say exceptional in my case. So thank you to all those nurses at WVU hospital (Berkeley Medical Center,) Martinsburg WV.
At discharge, I was discharged with 30 days of baby aspirin. Wasn’t enough, one week later, I developed a blood clot in my left arm while traveling home from “vacation.” Yes, I spent my entire vacation in the hospital, plus 2 weeks. Have spent over 8 months on blood thinner eloquis, just recently cleared and have stopped taking.
May I ask what decade of life you are in? I also made plans by talking to my PCP about my fears of hospitalization and remdesivir. He actually didn’t try to convince me otherwise, but asked what treatment I would be comfortable with. I wanted to get my wishes into writing so asked him to complete a POLST with me, but that was not the appropriate document. My last resort would be to sign out AMA (against medical advice). The problem is you better not be too sick, and have your wits about you if you are going to do that.
I’m in my 50’s and exercise regularly, have had asthma my entire life. I was out of town with my granddaughter who was 3 at the time. I did contact front line doctors on day 5 but on day 8 I couldn’t move without hyperventilating. I ran an extremely high fever of 104, which I blame on a pneumonia shot (one you get every 5 yrs and I’ve taken multiple,) I got in Feb 2021. I was sick for a week after the pneumonia vaccine. It was my last one, I’ll never take another injection of anything from Pharma. I did get my medicine from frontline doctors on day 9. My sister works in a pharmacy and she filled it for me.
My doctor has said they really don’t know why it effects certain people the way it does, I had delta. My grandsons other grandfather/grandmother both got the Wuhan strain. His grandfather wasn’t very sick but his grandmother was sick for 3 weeks. They both got delta and his grandfather was in the hospital for 6 weeks on a BPAP. They released him when he could barely walk, a week later he was back in for another 2 weeks. He’s made a full recovery he told me in July, he said once in a while he has a little trouble breathing and uses an inhaler. His other grandmother had delta and even though Wuhan strain had made her terribly sick she said delta was like a bad cold.
"plug in machines for oxygen use, out of pocket on Amazon" - Actually you can't. A real oxygen machine, concentrator, will run about $1000+ and requires a prescription. They can be found on Craigslist, used but will need to be checked to ensure the sieve is still delivering. Those machines are really compressors designed to run 24/7 delivering O2 at 85% or better enhancement.
Yes, I understand. Definitely makes sense to prepare for care at home. I've read far too many stories about people of all ages left to die alone in the hospital. Simple self-defense to prepare for home care where you can control conditions better.
Up until I turned 65 I was on medicaid(income limit but no asset limit thanks to Obamacare. Even many social workers dont know that!. Medicaid is pretty good because they cannot charge you anything for treatment or meds( although sometimes they try anyway). When I turned 65 I was forced on to Medicare and the asset test came back so I did not qualify for Medicaid any more. My GP doc said he did not accept Medicare and did not know any docs who were accepting new Medicare patients. He was happy to accept Medicaid I guess because billing is simpler. I opted not to get Part B. Social security tried to pressure me to get it but I refused. So far I have saved 10k$ in premiums. The penalty doesn't happen unless I want to sign up for Part B now after not having it for some time. Instead of charging me 150$ /month It might be 180$/month. Even if I had Part B I couldnt afford to visit a doctor because of all the copays and deductibles so what the heck? The doc will prescribe meds I cant afford too. I went against my better judgement and got a vax jab last year but never again.
Consider going abroad for medical (or dental)care and passing on the expensive and largely useless "insurance coverage" in the US that can still leave you bankrupt. I had great luck going to Thailand for extensive dental work which some US dentists grudgingly admitted was higher quality than I would have gotten here and at 1/3 the price.
You didn't mention the extra money US hospitals were paid for every "covid patient" , "covid death" and extra to use remdesivir.
Can you imagine if hospitals were paid 10,000$ for every vaccine adverse reaction report to VAERS or for every vaccine related death?
I hate to break it to ya, but if you sign up for Part B, depending on when you turned 65, you might have to pay more like $300 a month, or more, and it's for the rest of your life. They charge something like 10% penalty for each year you didn't sign up. It almost doubled the cost of Part B for me. I think since they repealed the penalty for not buying Obamacare, they need to repeal the penalty for not buying Part B. And if you need hospitalization for any reason, without Part B, you will have to pay out of pocket, even if it destroys all your assets. They've got you coming or going.
Yep, the requirement to buy Part B right away or get penalized forever is indeed wrong. What a racket.
You’ve touched on an important point - that even with Medicare Parts A and B, there’s lots of uncovered costs without a comprehensive supplement. Currently I pay $170.10/month for Part B, and $159/month for a Medigap supplement - which, starting a couple of years ago, is not ‘allowed’ to cover the Part B copay, which is $233/year - yet another chipping away of benefits, which is neverending. Of course, these amounts increase every single year.
If you think you are safe with a medigap plan you better think again. My Mom had a medigap plan that cost 350$/ month. It did not cover any meds which cost her 500$ /month. Plan D drug coverage would not have helped. Long term care was not covered at all and would have cost 10k$ /month because she was diabetic. When she needed a wheelchair it was not covered! When she needed physical therapy you only got three (or six?) Sessions per year. If you have a bad stroke and need rehab or get cancer and need pricey meds you are going bankrupt pretty fast medigap or no medigap. Oh yes and dental not covered at all.
The good news is you can get a decent wheelchair for a very reasonable price. I recall paying $35 for the one we bought from a medical supply store. It's not a powered one, however. But it works fine.
I was 49 when my family forced me to go to the ER last December for covid. My O2 saturation was dropping into the 70s according to my husband. I’d taken IVM at home for the week prior, but apparently not a high enough dose. The first day In the hospital, the doctor convinced me to try Remdesivir against my better judgment, assuring me they would check my liver and kidney function daily and I could stop any time. After the second day of Remdesivir,I felt sick to my stomach and refused any more. On my sixth day in the hospital, they decided I had to go on a ventilator, which I also did not want, because they were having trouble keeping my saturation above 89%. After two weeks of being sedated and ventilated (and treated with midazolam, propofol, fentanyl, and antipsychotics) they decided I needed to have a tracheostomy to prevent infection. They told my husband they would not do the tracheostomy unless he signed a DNR order for me. Ultimately, he signed the DNR. By the grace of God thanks to the prayers of many, I survived the covid hospital protocols. I spent 55 days in the hospital, 35 of which were on a ventilator. Thank God all the long-term care facilities were full, so I was allowed to go home instead. On the day I left the hospital, the discharging doctor actually said to me, “I hope you’ll get vaccinated in the next couple months.” Today makes 7 months since I came home. I can do most things I did before, but am still on supplemental oxygen. I have plenty of scar tissue in my lungs, with only about 60% lung capacity. I require less oxygen than when I first came home, but it is more due to movement requiring less effort for me now than to any healing in my lungs. While I can sit without supplemental oxygen and saturate fine now, I cannot walk a normal pace and talk at the same time and keep my oxygen up above 92% even with my oxygen concentrator. I have to slow down, and not talk. I don’t make a good walking buddy these days. But I praise God I am still alive, and still get to be mom to my 14 and 11 yo kids.
You beat the odds and survived despite all the crap they did to you. I hope your lung capacity keeps improving! Being a mom is the best thing... I'm so glad your daughters still have you and you have them.
Thank you Sarah! ❤️
"at the same time and keep my oxygen up above 92%" - suggests you need more flow from your machine. While the doc might say 2l/m, if that isn't helping your sats, crank it up to a higher flow rate. Beware, it's not good for you to use a high flow rate beyond the minimum for your sat maintenance. Find the flow that work for 89%+. Tell your doctor what you are doing and why just for your own comfort.
I have COPD and have a homefill concentrator that can fill carry bottles for walking around. I use a pulse-OX demand regulator to conserve but I'm free of long hoses. Your DME supplier can provide the gear given your doctor knows what to prescribe. Been doing this for 8+ years now to discover all the tricks.
Thank you for your advice! Yes, my doctor had told me to turn the O2 up when exercise because I’ll be able to exercise longer if I keep my saturation up. I can turn my portable concentrator up higher, but at higher settings it is only pulsed flow, and it gets out of sync with my breathing at higher flows. So I haven’t really found the magic setting yet for a good walking workout. I can ride an exercise bike for 45 minutes on a pulsed flow setting of 3.5 (56 ml/inhale) with no problem (saturation around 94-95%). Walking I guess takes a lot more fitness than an exercise bike. I keep the pulse oximeter on the whole time while on the bike. It is more challenging to keep on during a walk while pulling my concentrator. I don’t have insurance anymore, so ended up buying a portable concentrator out of saved funds rather than dealing anymore with the local oxygen company, who was less than transparent about pricing. I do think the pulsed regulator on a tank was better at keeping synced with my breathing than the portable concentrator. Does the Home Fill work well? I’d considered one, but was told they experienced a lot of problems with them.
The pulse regulator for tanks is much more responsive to demand than nominal portables simply because puff size can increase more. My Bonsai regulator delivers puffs nearly continuously on deep inhalations. My potable Oxy-Go (Inogen 5) at max still meters too little when I must walk fast. It's OK for the airline, but not really for exercise now that my COPD has progressed. I had an Air-Sep before that was OK for quite some time but then needed the extra via the Oxy-Go. Those with an Inogen 3 may be OK for a time but COPD is progressive, all we can do is try to slow that down.
My Homefill is my lifesaver. It sits in the bedroom corner (noisy beast, but I can tolerate). I fill small 7# cylinders for short excursions, walks and shopping that last several hours. I can set my pulse-ox regulator to 1 or 2 for pushing a shopping cart and reset to 3 for fast walking. I can keep my sats > 89% per the oximeter. I live at 6000' so am accustomed to low sats. A normal person will do well to get > 95% at altitude. I use a 14# bottle around the house so I can move around the kitchen and laundry doing chores. I just use a hand carry bag to lug it about and it stands nicely on the floor or propped against the wall as I move around.
I have had no maintenance issues with my Invacare Homefill machine. I just clean the dust filters. There is an internal filter that my DME is supposed to service yearly but I must pull teeth to get them to perform. This machine has been working for ~ 4 years OK. A previous DME supplier's machine worked for ~ 6 years before their contract expired and I had to change suppliers. The Invacare concentrator is ~ $500-700 while the Homefill compressor is ~ $1000-2000. The used market can be good. You can find buys on Craigslist depending on city and a sieve replacement will run about $300-400 at a service point should one be needed; any Criaigs buy must be checked by a service point. But Craigs can be much cheaper. The machines are designed to run 24/7 and are quite robust.
I had actually purchased a Bonsai conserver when I discontinued my stationary concentrator rental because I thought the would still be able to supply me with tanks (Lincare refused) as I returned it unopened for a refund. I’ve since seen them cheaper on eBay. Is that something you would trust getting from eBay, or better to buy from a medical company?
*so I returned it unopened * not “as”
Thank you for your thoughtful reply! I am hoping to not need O2 long term, but with plenty of scar tissue (I think, but can they really tell if it’s actually scar tissue/fibrosis just a couple months after covid?) I wonder if I’ll always need it... Certainly if this is long-term, the expenditure is worthwhile. Hearing your experience with different concentrators is very helpful. I went for a walk around the block today with my portable and oximeter. I did pursed lip breathing, and kept my saturation between 93-95 on a setting of 7, which corresponds to 128 ml/inhale. I will keep watch for a used HomeFill. Does it have to be used with an Invacare stationary concentrator, or will any brand stationary unit work?
Thank you Dr. Colleen. I greatly appreciate your writing and viewpoint.
I believe the US is working slowly toward rationed care. All of this as the globe warms, ....
the people will be eating crickets. Maybe this will really be "the great reset" hahahahaha
I am glad I am older. I feel pretty bad for the newer generations that are too busy on their cell phones and social media to notice that Zuckerberg and Gates are playing checkers
i live in the uk, in a busy area. i have/had a bunch of elderly people living in the row of houses behind my house, in the last two years 4 of the 7 are gone. the street opposite in front of my house is not elderly specific but 3 of the older residence have passed in the last two years too. that's 7 neighbours in two years 65 and over, i had known or seen all of them for the better part of twenty years.
just down the road there is a care home building that used to be full, some parts are never lit up any more, no idea whats going on there but i think the triple use of midazolam would be a prime suspect
tragic.
Using Midazolam for executions by lethal injection then putting it on the COVID treatment protocol is an alarming new detail for me & shocking the "dual use" has not become a well known fact. Thanks so much for the deep dives, comments, context and courage to out these psychos.
I was living in the UK during the early part of the pandemic. It's fairly well known, even outside of skeptic circles that Midazolam was given to UK care home (nursing home) residents and lots of them died. Hell of a scandal, but like all the rest of the scandals, it continues to be ignored.
Yes the use of Midazolam and negative effects was mentioned in quite a few places that have done honest reporting, but this is the very first time I've seen anyone cite it as a drug used for executions. Not that the Covidian policies or withholding treatments or using ineffective high cost drugs hasn't painted a ghastly enough portrait of genocide, but to pull a drug right off the executioners shelf has a more horrifying level of intention to it with not even a fig leaf to hide behind. Don't use the horse paste when the hangman has a record of 100% success.
Important article. Thank you, Colleen.
It's in Canada, too..... When my dad was diagnosed with cancer in 2015, I had the same experience with his cancer treatments...I would accompany him to every appt because he also had language barriers as English was not his first language..... they always pushed tests and treatments he was not in favour of...he would always say that he wanted them to talk to me so I could explain it to him.....they were rude, disrespectful and angry each and every time he would suggest this...they liked that he was scared, confused and didn't understand everything...made their committing murder quicker....I was just wasting their time and standing in the way... we found out after he passed in 2016 that the hospitalist changed his wishes w/o him or family being notified to Do Not Resuscitate..... we were at the hospital with him 24/7 for the 40 days he was there and they still managed to do this behind our backs.....
Horrifying