tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post8694149164898350915..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: It's the Medicare, StupidSteve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-66883941276303183302016-11-25T08:24:38.976-05:002016-11-25T08:24:38.976-05:00Eric, any human initiative that exists, large or s...Eric, any human initiative that exists, large or small, including Medicare and SS is headed for failure if its present course never changes. Get the costs of drugs under control, take the profit motive out of the health care industry. Yes, raise taxes. there are options if the will is there. petrillihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17889489779105405703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-60488138553227206322016-11-23T21:10:08.246-05:002016-11-23T21:10:08.246-05:00Trump doesn't have to do anything: the Medicar...Trump doesn't have to do anything: the Medicare Trustees have already said that the Medicare Trust Fund will be bankrupt in 2028. I suppose you can keep on scaring Grandma for 12 more years but then all the Americans who have "paid into the system" were realized they've been duped.<br /><br />https://www.ssa.gov/oact/trsum/Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-29625690845055539612016-11-23T16:45:44.791-05:002016-11-23T16:45:44.791-05:00"Paul 'Privatizin'' Ryan wants to..."Paul 'Privatizin'' Ryan wants to throw your 'mama/grandma off the train!"<br /><br />Ryan would be in danger of earning a widow's pique.navamskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08838452676376009106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-76288198303727473832016-11-22T18:10:33.113-05:002016-11-22T18:10:33.113-05:00Please call Ryan's office, your rep's offi...Please call Ryan's office, your rep's offices, and others (such as prominent supporter Tom Price's office) about this often. I leave messages once a week at these offices, reminding them that I, along with many others, oppose privatizing (a.k.a. destroying) Medicare and that it will hurt many families across the country.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081608284941325045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-82119727319724689882016-11-22T15:27:47.335-05:002016-11-22T15:27:47.335-05:00Paul "Privatizin'"Ryan wants to thro...Paul "Privatizin'"Ryan wants to throw your 'mama/grandma off the train!'<br /><br />When people have been told before about Ryan's plans for Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security, they don't believe it.<br />They seem too cartoonishly evil to be real.<br />Oh, they're very, very real, folks!<br />He's a handsome, blue-eyed monster.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-41772569514091462112016-11-22T13:53:49.943-05:002016-11-22T13:53:49.943-05:00Excellent idea! I have already called my district ...Excellent idea! I have already called my district rep. and I am going to flood my Senators and congress people with calls. They will all know my first and last name!ladyblughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00585823633211190187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-33458370257135718202016-11-22T13:45:06.042-05:002016-11-22T13:45:06.042-05:00Like the 2006 elections after Bush's Social Se...Like the 2006 elections after Bush's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_debate_in_the_United_States#Chronology_of_prior_reform_attempts_and_proposals" rel="nofollow">Social Security privatization plan in 2005</a>. I think Trump will simply deny there's any such thing on his list though. He's <a href="http://fortune.com/2016/11/15/trump-paul-ryan/" rel="nofollow">said in the past</a> he can accomplish his goals without touching Medicare. And when he's signing Ryan's bill he'll still be denying.Yastreblyanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335868257729063363noreply@blogger.com