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In reply to the discussion: Say Hello to the Enemy.... Game On Motherfuckers!! [View all]savannah43
(575 posts)It is self-supporting. If the money BushCo took from the SS fund to cover tax breaks for the wealthy was paid back, there would be not a single reason to ever mention SS again with respect to its funding. Everyone should research the facts and then keep repeating them until the MSM discusses it honestly every single day. This SS/deficit connection is one of the biggest lies in history. It is a travesty.
With respect to Medicare, everyone working or collecting it pays into the fund for it. Medicare pays 80% of "approved expenses", and the recipient of those services is responsible for the other 20%. The recipient can pay cash or purchase private insurance to cover most of the 20%. That's Medicare Part C. Part D is a private insurance purchased by the recipient that covers "approved" medications. You can also just pay cash for medications. The blood-sucking noise heard if one pays attention is the health care industry, including health care insurance, and Big Pharma literally sucking the life out of people. How is it that a patient can be charged $10,000.00 per day to simply lay in a hospital bed while being observed? No treatment, just observation. All those politicians who make an issue out of the funding of SS and Medicare are either ignorant or liars. Enough! The unmitigated greed of Wall Street and the above-mentioned corporate gangsters, lobbyists, and purchased politicians should not be tolerated another minute. Demand the truth be told and only the truth. Pass it on.