Medicare is insurance: i.e. seniors pay monthly premiums, deductibles & co-pays for Parts B & D (physicians & drugs) and high deductibles for Part A (hospital in-patient).
Working seniors are saving Medicare $$billions by having primary group health insurance.
There are chronically ill persons under 65 who are filing claims for, and receiving Medicare benefits far in excess of healthy seniors.
http://ssa.custhelp.ssa.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/400/~/how-to-qualify-for-medicare
Yes - I have worked for 40+ years, paid income taxes, SS taxes, gasoline taxes, sales taxes, property taxes, medical premiums, raised children, sent one to Iraq and never asked the Government for rent, food or medicine. Now my children are doing the same on my behalf.
Well, all I can say is that not only do you fail to see the problem, you are a major part of it!
Yes, we did pay for Medicare and Social Security... but as you well know, it was way less than what it takes to get by today. Call it way you may, but it was and does not provide the benefits that we take.
Chronically ill should have help if needed - not a problem. It is the rest of us that use benefits that cost the government millions that I despise.
Yes, you are the ideal candidate that thinks that your grand children should take care of you in your old age. You sir, are a selfish bastard (speaking carefully). Yes, I have sent my child to Iraq (Marine) with pride and do NOT think that I deserve anything extra for that.
It’s no wonder we are in such a dastardly shape with people that think like you do... We and the future are doomed.
I have no hope for my son, much less for my grandchildren.
PS: Your attitude disgusts me!
You are the kind of Gimme Generation azzhat that I despise. < spit>
Nobody OWES you anything, and what you paid in comes nowhere close to what you will suck out of the system.