Is Medicare worth saving? [View all]

Or will "Obamacare" replace it?

We know that the program has a shortfall in revenue. But it is a matter of priority. We can fund it or we can de-fund it? The choice is ours.

Can Medicare be fixed? How difficult would it be to fix it? What takes its place if we negotiate it away? How much of the Democratic Party dies when Medicare dies?

Are these questions disturbing or do we think it is not in the line of fire?

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Is Medicare worth saving? [View all]	kentuck	Nov 2012	OP
Prove your assertion	leftstreet	Nov 2012	#1
I think it is common knowledge...	kentuck	Nov 2012	#2
I heard on every tv that Iraq had WMD	leftstreet	Nov 2012	#4
Can you find one?	kentuck	Nov 2012	#5
You first. You made the assertion n/t	leftstreet	Nov 2012	#6
You are the one disputing it.	kentuck	Nov 2012	#8
Jesus	leftstreet	Nov 2012	#9
All of them.	kentuck	Nov 2012	#16
Nice post, Sarah Palin.	Iggo	Nov 2012	#56
Here is one	lalalu	Nov 2012	#12
Thanks!	kentuck	Nov 2012	#17
There is no need to and it won't happen.	lalalu	Nov 2012	#21
Only Medicare Part A - hospital has a fund. That will become insolvent in 2024.	dkf	Nov 2012	#14
"If 47% of taxpayers do not pay income taxes"	lalalu	Nov 2012	#22
Excess social security receipts are what is represented by the trust fund	dkf	Nov 2012	#24
"yes it was all spent ages ago"	lalalu	Nov 2012	#25
The excess is the SS trust fund.	dkf	Nov 2012	#45
And where did the excess go?	lalalu	Nov 2012	#58
The excess is also the Medicare part a trust fund.	dkf	Nov 2012	#59
No, the excess funds were not used by recipients. That's the lie.	lalalu	Nov 2012	#60
Already receipts are not enough for benefits. If there were no trust fund they would have to cut	dkf	Nov 2012	#65
I have explained this to you several times.	lalalu	Nov 2012	#66
If those funds were already spent how is it the total benefits are being paid?	dkf	Nov 2012	#67
Umm, if you pay payroll taxes, you're paying into Medicare.	SheilaT	Nov 2012	#26
So where did I say anything else?	lalalu	Nov 2012	#28
Payroll taxes only pay for Medicare A, hospitals, not doctors or drugs.	dkf	Nov 2012	#46
I am on Social Security and paid into it for over 50 years.	RebelOne	Nov 2012	#34
Exactly	lalalu	Nov 2012	#37
Wow are you wrong	jeff47	Nov 2012	#33
There is also the fact that American coporations	lalalu	Nov 2012	#38
China has their own currency and own their banks	jeff47	Nov 2012	#44
Duh, of course they have their own banks and currency.	lalalu	Nov 2012	#57
There are two verbs in that subject. You missed the second.	jeff47	Nov 2012	#63
Yes but I don't believe that is where the money came from.	lalalu	Nov 2012	#64
And we crushed Iraq. nt.	NCTraveler	Nov 2012	#55
Medicare is running a huge deficit? what?	HiPointDem	Nov 2012	#30
IMO, Medicare is currently undergoing a renovation that will lead to single payer.	cbayer	Nov 2012	#3
Neither of those controls cost of care enough.	dkf	Nov 2012	#7
Medicare is fine and a great program.	lalalu	Nov 2012	#10
only a libertarian President would ever do that	former-republican	Nov 2012	#15
let's stop this bullshit first	former-republican	Nov 2012	#20
Agree	lalalu	Nov 2012	#23
It's not rosy looking by any means but it still can be fixed	former-republican	Nov 2012	#11
Not only worth saving, but strengthening.	closeupready	Nov 2012	#13
Bingo!	kentuck	Nov 2012	#18
I don't know exactly what the status of Medicare is	Proud Liberal Dem	Nov 2012	#19
That would be giving Medicare entirely over to private medical insurance	former-republican	Nov 2012	#29
That's not what I was suggesting	Proud Liberal Dem	Nov 2012	#36
Medicare is not only worth saving, but needs to be expanded,	SheilaT	Nov 2012	#27
Make Medicare for all. Cut down the costs on becoming	glowing	Nov 2012	#31
Yes. This is what must be done.	dchill	Nov 2012	#51
Of course it is. We do need to make some changes that makes the rampant fraud	Egalitarian Thug	Nov 2012	#32
I hope so.	Le Taz Hot	Nov 2012	#35
if you don't have any money, then Obamacare will pay for your premiums or provide Medicaid	CreekDog	Nov 2012	#61
Yes. It has been a cost efficient use of national resources. nt	bluestate10	Nov 2012	#39
It made the end of my mother's life much better	lunatica	Nov 2012	#40
Social Security deducts monthly premiums for both Medicare and prescriptions.	dmr	Nov 2012	#41
Thanks for bringing this up.	Cleita	Nov 2012	#43
Wash your mouth out with bleach.	Cleita	Nov 2012	#42
Ryan pushed replacing Medicare with voucher care - and said the plan was like Obama care	karynnj	Nov 2012	#47
Not replace	loyalsister	Nov 2012	#48
Replace with national health care for all!, and tax the rich	B Calm	Nov 2012	#49
Yes it is worth saving. My parents can see a doctor because of it.	hrmjustin	Nov 2012	#50
Yes. And expanding to all Americans.	David Zephyr	Nov 2012	#52
Single Payer	Angry Dragon	Nov 2012	#53
it has to be saved because as far as	brokechris	Nov 2012	#54
Kinda but I think we should actually expand Tricare to the nation the more I think on it.	TheKentuckian	Nov 2012	#62