I just read the most blatant and insidious
transformation of this "Progressive" President since he signed the NDAA. Not
only does this man claim the right to execute Americans overseas and right here
in the United States (under exceptional circumstances), now he's
agreeing with the GOP that this country needs to start cutting "entitlement" programs
like Medicare.
According to Carrie Dann and Mike Viqueira, NBC
News:
"I
think we all felt that it was a very good meeting," said Senate Minority Leader
Mitch McConnell, who told reporters after the luncheon that the group had a
"great" discussion largely focused on reforming entitlement programs.
And
"He
certainly understands that you can't fix the country without adjusting
entitlements to fit the demographics of our country," he said. "We'll see where
we go from here but it was a great meeting."
So..Medicare is indeed an "entitlement" program,
according to Big O. I thought we paid into this program. From what I know,
Medicare has nothing to do with the reversal of Federal revenue. Maybe Medicare
is in jeopardy because the Obama Administration has taken Medicare funding to
support "Obamacare". According to The Heritage Network in an article
written by Alyene Senger;
A new Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
report updated the amount of money Obamacare robs out of Medicare from $500
billion to a whopping $716 billion between 2013 and 2022.
According to the CBO, the payment cuts
in Medicare include:
A $260 billion payment cut for hospital
services.
A $39 billion payment cut for skilled
nursing services.
A $17 billion payment cut for hospice
services.
A $66 billion payment cut for home
health services.
A $33 billion payment cut for all other
services.
A $156 billion cut in payment rates in
Medicare Advantage (MA); $156 billion is before considering interactions with
other provisions. The House Ways and Means Committee was able to include
interactions with other provisions, estimating the cuts to MA to be even
higher, coming in at $308 billion.
$56 billion in cuts for disproportionate
share hospital (DSH) payments.* DSH payments go to hospitals that serve a large
number of low-income patients.
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