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Re: GOP House Votes To Eliminate Medicare, Raise Taxes On Middle Class, Lower Them for the Wealthiest |
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Posted by bingbong on Fri Apr 15 16:54:29 2011, in response to GOP House Votes To Eliminate Medicare, Raise Taxes On Middle Class, Lower Them for the Wealthiest, posted by SMAZ on Fri Apr 15 15:43:54 2011. It's a good thing for America it isn't real legislation....nor does it have a snowball's chance in hell....which, had it been real, is precisely what many Americans would find themselves living in.....especially the old and disabled, being unable to access insurance (they entire reason WHY Medicare happened to begin with was that seniors were NOT sold affordable insurance, and insurance ended at retirement, so illness = bankruptcy for entire families).If they want seniors on "Medicare Advantage", which runs 12% higher than standard Medicare for the 24% enrolled (go figure what the excess cost to taxpayers will be) they should raise the Medicare tax so revenue covers the entire cost. Every year, so it covers all recipients, at the *medical* inflation rate (that's much more than plain old inflation). When republicans are willing to do this, we can talk about vouchers. Everyone who paid into the current program, with its stated benefits in due time, should get the stated benefits. It's a contract. |
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