Ha!!
Bob Ireland is going to save Rush Limbaugh!!
BAAAWWAAA!!!!
Intellectual honesty on the part of those who insist on “getting Medicare because they paid for it” would reject Part D coverage if they retired before the program was implemented. (Otherwide they’re getting something for nothing). If Rush’s supposed statement was limited to Part D, then he was exactly correct as it relates to long time retirees.
This doesn’t even touch on the issue of cost shifting. A significant portion of a working person’s monthly premium goes to making up for Medicare’s substantial underpayments. So, workers are paying an additional hidden Medicare subsidy.