[TomGuy]

The elderly are the wealthiest single segment of our society. The Medicare drug benefit is simply a give away to them.

You wouldn't deny a person who paid premiums into a private insurance company the right to claim payout benefits.

Those seniors have been paying premiums into the SS/Medicare system for decades. They aren't getting this for free.

[Species8472]

Those seniors have been paying premiums into the SS/Medicare system for decades. They aren't getting this for free.

Absolutely true.

I am simply making a statement on the hypocrisy of the left and especially those that feed on class warfare.

[evilC]

Those seniors have been paying premiums into the SS/Medicare system for decades. They aren't getting this for free.

Medicare and Social Security are not savings schemes. They are wealth transfer schemes. The money they paid in has gone. It was used to pay previous retirees. Medicare and Social Security are simply form of welfare, you have no vested rights in your contributions (Fleming vs. Nestor)