BA> JB> Medicare and Social Security have $1.47T budgeted in Obama's
BA> JB> latest  budget for 2011.  Together they are 50% of the
BA> JB> entire federal budget and  over 10% of GDP for the entire
BA> JB> US.  This is why these massive social  programs are
BA> JB> unststainable.

BA>Yes they are - and the politicians want (effectively) to expand
BA>Medicare to cover everybody.  The fact that providers are
BA>abandoning the Medicare system is a dirty little secret they're
BA>trying to keep quiet.

Obama has been pushing this.


BA>I remember thinking - back in the 1970s when I was still on active
BA>duty - that the military retirement system was unsustainably
BA>expensive. It was and it is - and it's been changed a LOT in the
BA>interim.  That free medical and dental care isn't free any more - not
BA>even for the active duty troops (according to an article in the
BA>current Sergeant's magazine they're *required* to purchase Tricare
BA>Prime medical insurance coverage).

This is unfortunate.  The active duty troops and those injured during 
active duty should always get free medical care.  The rest can pay some.


Jeff

CMPQwk 1.42-21 9999 
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