You sure didn’t mind taking their money while they were working. Now that they’re retired and ready to collect what they paid for, all of a sudden it’s your money. If you’re fortunate enough to live long enough to join the group you now say are not worthy of life, how quickly will you jump into the grave?
I’m sorry if I upset you. I’m only taking of economic realities. For one, people who are currently collecting Medicare did not generally pay into the system nearly as much as they are getting paid out. Social Security is a similar program that’s under water. The ones who are collecting now are generally getting paid far more than they paid in. If these programs aren’t made fiscally solvent, then those who are currently paying in won’t get the same benefits.
Secondly, there’s no way to collect enough money to offer unlimited medical care to everyone who needs it. I doubt very many people paid hundreds of thousands into Medicare/Medicaid, but that is what some procedures can cost. Nursing home care is also very expensive. Yet, retirees think they are owed it simply because they paid a proportionally small amount of it when they worked. Since government is picking up the tab, it is inevitable that rationing will and must occur.
Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security are underfunded by trillions upon trillions of dollars. Enjoy what you get while you can, because those programs are not solvent. Making them solvent on the backs of current workers, something current retirees depend on, will destroy the economy. There simply isn’t enough money.
Oh, one other thing...
I’m not taking “their” money and don’t enjoy it when government does. If I had my way, I’d keep the promises made to current retirees while privatizing everything else. Private charities should take care of those who cannot afford their own treatment. No one has a right to other people’s money, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be charitable.
If you ask me, it’s a sad shame that some generations think they are owed so much on the backs of others. Like all Ponzi schemes, it’s good to get in on the scam early. I did not vote to establish these unaffordable entitlements. The generations that did have already cashed out, leaving generations after mine to hold the bag. That, my FRiend, is despicable.