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In reply to the discussion: On January 1st doctors treating Medicare patients will get a 30% cut..."fiscal cliff". [View all]Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)22. But most of their income comes from SS
Which is a program that current retirees, at least, have fully prepaid.
I'm pretty sure there's something wrong with the stats, but I'd have to look some things up and there is no time. As a society, we spend a great deal on education and care for the young. If you included tax expenditures like EITC and the child tax credit and the child care tax credit plus schooling expenses I think you'd come up with a very different number.
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On January 1st doctors treating Medicare patients will get a 30% cut..."fiscal cliff". [View all]
madfloridian
Dec 2012
OP
Lawmakers have been trying to address health care costs for years but then never have the fortitude
dkf
Dec 2012
#1
I added the poverty numbers to my post. It also shows the elderly are the most prioritized demo.
dkf
Dec 2012
#9
They have stopped it just in time for years. This year, I don't know about that.
madfloridian
Dec 2012
#4
Many drs will stop taking Medicare patients. People in small cities, towns, rural...
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#14
Interesting. I was wondering if that would happen. Didn't the economic wizards who cut the benefits
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#41
Isn't Plouffe just such a douche canoe? Here's another main driver of the deficit:
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#16