![]() Image uploaded from a quicklink (Image by Unknown Owner) Details DMCA | It is becoming increasingly clear that any deal reached in the negotiations in Washington over the "fiscal cliff" will include a major expansion of means testing for Medicare, the federal health insurance program for seniors and the disabled. The introduction of increased fees based on income will signify Medicare's transformation from a universal health care program for the elderly into a poverty program, the first step in its being starved of funds and ultimately dismantled. |




