thank the Lord I don't rely on any of them....
Medicare, bankrupt by 2016 (or sooner)
Medicaid (bankrupt in some states now, completle federal default by 2023)
Social Security (already running in the red, but this Ponzi scheme is set to implode no later than 2017 or sooner if they raid it for Health Care (like they are already doing to Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates to hospitals)
Hospitals didn't agree as the administration would lead you to believe, they were told, you will take less or you will not get any Federal coverage for uninsured or federally insured patients
(Extortion by market share control -- over half of all patients now in many hospitals are Medicare and Medicaid patients,,,,could your business suffer a 50 reduction in revenue and survive?).....
Even Roosvelt and Johnson knew this day would come, which is why they didn't stand for re-election after their programs halted growth and stunted recovery..... yes they were a temporary solution to how to address poverty and illness, but they enslaved several generations to acceptance of whatever the government could afford them, and didn't incentivize personal responsibility achievement or effort, but just the opposite
If you were reckless, careless, helpless or hapless, you never had to suffer the effects, so nobody ever learned -- until Congress finally had the votes, and the balls to limit entitlement
and expect effort for income, progress toward independence for years of sustaining support thru housing, nutritional programs, income for single moms, (yeah we all know the dad's are out there reaping the benefits without paying child support -- why do you think they call the 3rd of the month Mother's Day -- it's the only day you see the Baby's daddies--
come to get a little --and a little cash to boot...
It's high time we look at how we "help" the unfortunate ones who want it all, but can't wait until they can support it....
life liberty and pursuit of happiness
not
Life sentence without liberty from relentless pursuit of equity of outcomes, so that even the lazy can have what the diligent earned.