I believe I read right here on FR that Medicare was sold to the Public as projected never to cost over $20,000,000,000 a Year adjusted for Inflation.
I think that number lasted a few years at best.
My Best Friend from Childhood just passed away at 61. He never saw a Dime of the Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars he paid into Medicare and SS over his working Lifetime.
Things like that happen when Pyramid Schemes are Government Policy.
I could have died, too ... earlier ... and would have never seen a penny of it. I find that’s the case for a lot of other things I pay for. Heck, I haven’t had a car accident for over forty years ... and I think about all that insurance money I could have used for other things ... :-) ...
BUT ... I didn’t die and I’m really consuming those resources now. I might even live to a hundred and I’ll end up REALLY taking a lot of resources.
HOWEVER, I understand that some want to form DEATH PANELS to withhold treatment for those less worthy of living, which is likely to be me!