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Medicare Is Insolvent, And Getting Worse. Here Are 3 Ways To Start Fixing It: But Will It Attract Democrat Support?
The Federalist ^ | 07/06/2021 | Christopher Jacobs

Posted on 07/06/2021 8:59:11 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 07/06/2021 8:59:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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The Democrat/Communist slogan should be “Chaos-R-US.”


2 posted on 07/06/2021 9:01:49 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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We cannot “fix” our entitlements. They will go broke. Period.

Yes, the “program” can be tweaked to squeeze another year or two out of it before it crashes, but this would require us to stop all immigration of unskilled persons (legal or illegal) because they will never be able to pay into the pyramid scheme of entitlements.

We are legitimately worried about many things that could destroy our nation, but none of them are as certain and predictable as the pending entitlement implosion.


3 posted on 07/06/2021 9:04:04 AM PDT by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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Honor the 10th Amendment and end all these programs and end the taxes meant to support them.


4 posted on 07/06/2021 9:04:31 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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The stupid rats will simply posit “Just put everyone on Medicaid!”


5 posted on 07/06/2021 9:05:33 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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QUIT putting people who are NOT citizens on these entitlements.


6 posted on 07/06/2021 9:05:43 AM PDT by doc maverick
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I like THIS!


7 posted on 07/06/2021 9:07:09 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: doc maverick

And QUIT sending social security checks and stimulus checks to MEXICO.
I have been told by people that their parents are getting citizen entitlements even though they are not citizens and DO NOT live in the US anymore!


8 posted on 07/06/2021 9:08:54 AM PDT by doc maverick
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Does anyone know how the Medigap policies are funded? Surely the modest rates do not cover the outlay. I’ve tried to look into it and couldn’t track it down. The companies advertise like nothing else on earth, so someone is making some money there.


9 posted on 07/06/2021 9:09:35 AM PDT by gloryblaze
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ding ding ding we have a winner
stop putting new immigrants who have not paid into medicare and social security.


10 posted on 07/06/2021 9:09:46 AM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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Just call it infrastructure and off we go.


11 posted on 07/06/2021 9:11:56 AM PDT by Don Corleone (leave the gun, take the canolis)
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How can any government program go broke when the gov’t is happy to print dollars by the trillions?


12 posted on 07/06/2021 9:15:56 AM PDT by Renfrew
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no illegals receiving the “freebie” would do a lot.


13 posted on 07/06/2021 9:19:16 AM PDT by huldah1776
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To: SeekAndFind

Our entire country is insolvent. This was by design. There is only one way to fix it and this isn’t it unfortunately.


14 posted on 07/06/2021 9:22:34 AM PDT by softengine
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The DemonRATs have no plans to handle anything like this and don’t care. All they will do is pander, stuff their own pockets with public cash and put the blame on people and countries that had nothing to do with any of it. It’s their MO.


15 posted on 07/06/2021 9:22:43 AM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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The Democrat option is to kill off more seniors.


16 posted on 07/06/2021 9:26:38 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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Based on a relative, who is on Medicare, it seems like they have the perfect set-up for providers to bill Medicare for many thousands of dollars of unnecessary tests, monthly “checks” for something that hasn’t been an issue for him for YEARS, etc.

As long as there are dishonest providers and naïve patients, this waste and fraud will continue. I don’t know what the answer is, but expect that his costs for care as billed each year to Medicare are something like 500% of what he would really need for prudent care and treatment.


17 posted on 07/06/2021 9:27:08 AM PDT by NEMDF
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Who cares? Seriously? The whole government is bankrupt. Republicans don’t care. They only talk about spending when they are not in power. MMT rules.


18 posted on 07/06/2021 9:33:23 AM PDT by Oystir
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bmp


19 posted on 07/06/2021 9:33:37 AM PDT by gattaca ("Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." Ronald Reagan)
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So the CoupFlu came short as a Boomer Remover.

/s


20 posted on 07/06/2021 9:34:50 AM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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