What a convoluted piece of logic that phrase is! It is not subsidizing by the government to be forced to pay out 'fair'payments to EVERYONE who has contributed (even, those who've contribruted MORE than their FAIR share). I am only asking for EQUITY....
It is not the government subsidizing ANYTHING; the subsidizers are the middle income and high income earners, period. The government robs the more wealthy in Medicare because they can - just like they do with graduated taxes, EIC for the poor, and all of the other LIE programs at ALL levels of government. Wealthy people have something to lose and poor people don't, the big difference? Poor people are likely to vote for those that give them money. .
Look at it this way. This is a problem of our generation. We are talking about how to pay for the medical care of the boomers who could have provided for it differently but did not. Is it preferable for us to figure out how to take care of it on the benefits side, or should we just raise taxes on our children and grandchildren? I think those are the choices.