[dumpthelibs]

The Kenyan and his socialist goons care little about solvency since they are out to destroy America. Ray Charles could see this stuff but not these buttheads.

[sportutegrl]

How ‘bout we limit medicare to CITIZENS who have paid in for a minimum of 25 years and their spouses of 20 years or more. Stop giving free health insurance to every dang fool that manages to live to the age of sixty five and happens to be here in the US right now.

[mulligan]

A very small start to a much bigger problem. Government must cut it’s payroll immediately, by 15%, cut program expenses by 10% and unshackle the private sector. Anything less will take us deeper and deeper into a state of oblivion.

[libstripper]

The big problem is making Medicare a defined contribution system only when people become eligible for benefits, which assures no buildup of resources to cover the inevitable claims of aging people. The solution is simple: self managed, individually owned medical savings accounts accumulated over each individual’s life that would build up assets over each individual’s life, just as defined contribution retirement accounts do. Due to the wonders of compound interest, the funds an individual will contribute in his or her 20s will double four or five times by the time he or she attains age 65. Equally important, most 20 somethings have very low health care expenses, meaning almost all of their contributions to such accounts would be set aside to grow at the very time when such accumulation will, due to earnings compounding, be most effective. That's the cheap, effective route to dealing with both Medicare and Social Security problems.

[ODDITHER]

They could start by reforming medicaid.

Why should medicaid recipients on welfare (not the disabled) be given better health plans than taxpayers who pay for it?p>

The working poor (those making less than or the same as welfare recipients after taxes, health care, child care and transportation are paid) cannot afford to go to the doctor because their health plans have high co-pays and deductibles so they go without unless they become really ill.

When there is no financial investment, health care is abused and over used by both the doctors and the welfare clients.

Unless the child has a chronic illness (or the parent)
medicaid should cover 100% of urgent care only (broken bones, fevers higher than 102, bad cuts or head wounds) as well as yearly check ups and vaccines. All other visits should be out of their own pocket.

When there is no copay at the doctor and 1.00 for medication, heck some go every week, just for entertainment or moral support.