The thing is, as much as people characterize our older generation as people struggling to get by, the fact is they are by far the wealthiest segment of our population. Why we need a subsidy program for a group of people who largely don't need it. I am sure there are plenty that it will mean a lot to, but $70 billion a year is a chunck of change.
Quite frankly I don't beleive there are that many wealthy seniors BUT then again there aren't that many poor seniors who will supposedly benefit from this program.
Most seniors will agree that its a massive waste of money.They really did not want this program.
The other thing is that medicare isn't just for seniors there are disabled on medicare so we need to quit blaming everything on seniors.