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Motown_Johnny

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41. Different sources had different estimates... but.....

Mon Jan 16, 2017, 03:18 PM

Jan 2017

http://www.forbes.com/sites/aroy/2012/04/23/trustees-medicare-will-go-broke-in-2016-if-you-exclude-obamacares-double-counting/#62b2972a548b

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The Trustees of the Medicare program have released their annual report on the solvency of the program. They calculate that the program is “expected to remain solvent until 2024, the same as last year’s estimate.” But what that headline obfuscates is that Obamacare’s tax increases and spending cuts are counted towards the program’s alleged “deficit-neutrality,” Medicare is to go bankrupt in 2016. And if you listen to Medicare's own actuary, Richard Foster, the program's bankruptcy could come even sooner than that.

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Sorry Folk The GOP Is Going To Kill ACA No Matter How Many Americans Die. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Jan 2017 OP

Let's use the proper term for it...GENOCIDE. roamer65 Jan 2017 #1

no doubt about it, and it isn't just the ACA, Medicare and Medicaid are on the chopping block also still_one Jan 2017 #2

Snce there are income limits on VA and Medicaid coverage, WTF do tax credits... TreasonousBastard Jan 2017 #5

They are insane still_one Jan 2017 #8

You Will Get A "Coupon" For Your Premium To Buy Whatever You Can. It Will Fall Far Short. TheMastersNemesis Jan 2017 #13

Yeah, that's what scares me. TreasonousBastard Jan 2017 #16

And the VA SHRED Jan 2017 #6

VA Will Be Dismantled. Vets & Retirees Will Get Vouchers. TheMastersNemesis Jan 2017 #12

Let's call them "coupons" SHRED Jan 2017 #18

Too bad so damn many Americans are sooooo stupid as to not get what's going on. RKP5637 Jan 2017 #3

That's right.... physioex Jan 2017 #7

EFFIGY Jacob Boehme Jan 2017 #4

Here's what I think hollowdweller Jan 2017 #9

What if you are 73 retired and have Medicare? pangaia Jan 2017 #10

You. Are. F*-*CKED. lastlib Jan 2017 #14

ACA is intertwined with Medicare, no? flamingdem Jan 2017 #11

This is their chance to kill medicare... TreasonousBastard Jan 2017 #15

Medicare would have run out of funds in 2016. ACA extended it 8 years. Motown_Johnny Jan 2017 #19

Last year? Don't have time to dig around for numbers, but that seems a little off. TreasonousBastard Jan 2017 #24

Different sources had different estimates... but..... Motown_Johnny Jan 2017 #41

Not me, I'm on ACA and very happy with it.. flamingdem Jan 2017 #28

Wait till they find out about the Army Medical Command jmowreader Jan 2017 #23

OK, for me my Medicare IS intertwined with ACA. Doreen Jan 2017 #20

I don't think so -- are you thinking about Medicaid, maybe? That states expanded Nay Jan 2017 #27

I think it's about the financial relationship between the two flamingdem Jan 2017 #30

Booze and weed, the new pharmacy. sarcasmo Jan 2017 #17

I have a few glimmers of hope in the Senate. There are a number of Pubs who will not vote napi21 Jan 2017 #21

Crazy to find myself thinking kindly of Republicans at all flamingdem Jan 2017 #31

Their response has notiung to do with conscience or common sense. They're worried about getting napi21 Jan 2017 #39

True, I have to tamp down my any rosey worldview flamingdem Jan 2017 #40

Motherfucking bastards! smirkymonkey Jan 2017 #22

The GOP Is Going To Kill...Americans... meow2u3 Jan 2017 #25

And for no good reason leftyladyfrommo Jan 2017 #26

Well, to spite the black guy dalton99a Jan 2017 #32

That is not a good reason. leftyladyfrommo Jan 2017 #33

I know. dalton99a Jan 2017 #34

This Congress we have us absolutely worthless. leftyladyfrommo Jan 2017 #36

Prognosis is very poor, indeed dalton99a Jan 2017 #29

Bullshit titaniumsalute Jan 2017 #35

I Really Hope You Are Correct. Hunting Them Down Sounds Good. TheMastersNemesis Jan 2017 #37

True that titaniumsalute Jan 2017 #38