It’s evidence of the one-sided “reporting” the mainstream media engages in. They are doing a tremendous disservice to this country.
And both the liberal and conservative non-mainstream media also do one-sided reporting, in opposite directions of course. So we can’t win, that is, be honestly informed, no matter what!
Yes thanks for the clarification. You can work around the system but it’s difficult. Many people are of the impression that rich people can make a deal with a doc to pay them under the table. That would get the doc a long jail sentence!Lisa, a small correction: they can, if they go outside the system. Which is what happens in socialized medicine countries all the time (I have family that has done so).
To be clear: I am not saying that I do not agree with your post-I do. Agree with almost everything you post.
It was sustainable at the time with the life expectency at the time and number of workers vis a vis the number of retired. I think the moral failure, the lack of courage, was the subsequent generation of politicians who, fearing backlash from seniors, refused to address the looming disaster. People used to live 5 years after retiring at 65. Now they live 20 years. There used to be far more people working than there are now. As I understand the number has gone from 6 to 1 to almost 1 to 1. That’ won’t work in the long run.
Very true. I do my best to sort it out by reading multiple sources. Even then, you find there aren’t very many sources…a lot of stories are from AP or Reuters, reprinted by the various news outlets.
Here’s one where I disagree
There did not use to be such partisan extremists in the democrat party. Bill Clinton worked with Newt Gingrich to pass welfare reform. Obama hasn’t even met with Reid and Boehner to discuss which bills he would sign to help get people working again. Nearly 30 bipartisan jobs bills passed in the house stuck in the majority democrat senate.
There are an increasing number of physicians in the United States that are also opting out of Medicare.Here’s one where I disagree
You pay Medicare taxes in. Seems unfair that anyone, including the rich, should be means tested out of the program. It then becomes not a Medicare tax, but just a plain tax for these folks. Hardly seems fair.
The way it works in Italy, BTW, is that there are doctors that opt out completely. The best and brightest, if you will. You want to see them, you pay cash.
Again, with you 99.99% of the time.
Absolutely true, sir.
Switch that for me.
And Medicaid.
They call themselves Catholic, not the same as “are Catholic”.
ka-ching (although the SCOTUS members seem to be, for the most part)
I have read some physicians’ blogs which show an increasing concern that they are personally at risk from Medicare regulations, which are voluminous. Apparently they are subject to unannounced visits from bureaucrats who might wish to audit their practice. Coding errors and inadvertent regulatory violations can bring down big fines, and they are presumed guilty unless they can exhaustively prove their innocence.
What?So JoeBowen7 isn’t qualified to be president?
Romney hides his money in Swiss bank accounts to avoid paying the little he does has to pay already in taxes. The people “pulling the wagon” own more wealth than the rest of the country put together. Half the people not paying taxes is because they don’t make enough money, cmon! Does any of this matter to you or are you just the type that is willing to vote for anything that isn’t Obama?
What Mr. Romney does with his money is HIS business. He has done nothing illegal, although as you evidently believe anything hear from the left, you probably think he’s a felon. This unsubstantiated fear mongering class warfare character assassination IS A DISTRACTION to the real issues in the campaign!!! Stop swallowing the lies hook line and sinker and do your own homework! The Democratic talking points are a tired argument. If you want to allow yourself to be taken by lies and fear and class warfare, then fine. But its still not true or a valid argument.