I was watching the news yesterday evening and was shocked to hear that part of this budget hold up is due to certain riders the House of Representatives is attaching to the budget. One of the riders is to abolish Medicare. The House is also asking for trillon dollar cuts to medicaid.
I was watching the news yesterday evening and was shocked to hear that part of this budget hold up is due to certain riders the House of Representatives is attaching to the budget. One of the riders is to abolish Medicare. The House is also asking for trillon dollar cuts to medicaid.
Medicare is paid by everyone through a separate tax, its our Social Security /Medicare tax. So each one of us pays into this system which is suppose to be a very well run system. However there is a movement to privatize Social Security or to get rid of it. Its our money and our entitlement and the House or Representatives shouldn't be messing around with it. I don't know how many of you are receiving treatment through medicare or medicaid, but these two sources of health care for folks who do not have regular insurance is in jeopardy.
If you are a person receiving health care through one of these programs, please email your congressman and senator urging them to stop the gutting of these programs.
We have two wars, and another possible one in Libya where we are spending billions monthly and they want to gut medicare and medicaid. I know many people who are on Medicare and I don't think its right. Its our money and its our entitlement. Let them find another area in which to cut.
C
