There is a grain of truth in all this though.
Medicare and SS are on a glide path to astounding deficit numbers which will cripple the economy and heavily burden our grandchildren.
Those who depend solely on government health care in their old age are going to be rationed away no matter what health care plan we wind up with. Of course Baraqqi care will make it worse quicker.
I can’t argue that, but it if hadn’t branched off into Medicaid, and SS to giving it to anyone who needs income, even though they have never worked, not to mention people who could work but kept filing for disability when they are not disabled and taking the money out of the lock box like it was a rainy day fund, both would still be very viable. Add to all the the number of abortions over the years which translates into workers paying in.
A disgrace, as they are the very people who built this country, and brought us all those great innovations. This is the thanks we give them? The way we treat elderly in this country is a total disgrace.
Nascarnation:
You are correct. Medicare and SS will destroy the US economy as it is doing in other similar graying countries. So, it was inevitable that this was going to happen.
The problem was Democratic initiatives: Social Security and Medicare.
But all the Dems want to do is take it away from the elderly and give it to illegal immigrants, non-working minorities and labor unions. THAT is why is will cost over $1 trillion!!!!!