[hubel458]

We Paid In and Entitled To Benefits-
Well actually only partly....

The Medicare portion of Soc Sec as well as SS,
should be withheld on all wages no matter
how high. And another fraction of a percent
should be withheld for the drugs for SS folks.
These simple measures would solve most of the
health care financing problems.

It seems the people of power, IE politicos, those
in the upper income brackets, etc, due to being so
damn stingy, set up systems to fail.

And if it had been done right, what little
over the years that they would have had to put in,
is going to be peanuts by comparison to what the
failing health system is going to cost in
health and lives-— A great national stupidity....Ed

[Notary Sojac]

My solution to Medicare is this:

We know how much each beneficiary paid in. We also know how much Medicare has spent on his or her health care.

If the second number exceeds the first (with allowance for a reasonable amount in compound interest) then Medicare gets a primary lien on that person's estate for the amount spent in excess.