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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (65190)	5/15/2009 10:35:12 PM
From: MJ	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224729

Glad you posted that article from Bloomberg. Obama wants to blame health care for his $1.8 Trillion dollar debt-----Why? So he can Nationalized Medicine/Medical Care. First The simple answer is to get the government out of health care and out of insurance rather than doing a task the USA Government was never meant to do. Second Medicare is not as Obama states an entitlement program. People receiving Social Security Retirement do pay for their own medical insurance----the cost is taken out of their Social Security checks on a monthly basis-----and given back to the Federal Government to operate a Government Run system of approving and disapproving medical care. About 10% of the Social Security that is received on a monthly basis goes back to the Federal Government to operate the arcane system which includes several firms that are hired by the government. Third Medicare only becomes an entitlement program if the illegals and people not old enough to receive SS are included in the Medicare Program. Obama claims------ “Most of what is driving us into debt is health care, so we have to drive down costs,” he said. (Obama said) "Health-care costs are driving up the nation’s debt and burdening entitlement programs such as Medicare, the government- run insurance program for those 65 and older and the disabled. The programs’ trustees reported May 13 that the Social Security trust fund will run out of assets in 2037, four years sooner than forecast, and Medicare’s hospital fund will run dry by 2017, two years earlier than predicted a year ago." Fourth: The SS Trust Fund has been running out of money for the past 40 years if one believes the campaign rhetoric and of course now Obama's rhetoric. This rhetoric is now being used to advocate nationalizing medical care. The simple answer is to eliminate the Federal Government System of Medicare so people can pay for whatever private insurance they wish. Program eliminated---------saving billions of dollars----and if you believe Obama-----Trillions??? This would be a real stimulus to America putting people to work in the non-government sector. Fifth Identify and Eliminate recipients who don't belong under Social Security benefits and insurance. It's not the cost of health care--------it is the cost of governemt's involvement in health care that has caused the escalation in cost of health care. Clean up the government house first mj