biden cutting medicare

"Yesterday, the Biden administration continued their attacks on the private sector option for seniors on Medicare, Medicare Advantage. This is the second cut in two years. This latest round of cuts will cost seniors an extra $33 per month. That’s a $396 per year rate increase for a cohort largely on fixed incomes and still reeling from terrible inflation. Medicare Advantage is so well-liked and so popular, over 50% of seniors – about 33 million – choose it over traditional Medicare. It’s incredible to me the administration is choosing to assault one of the most popular programs for our seniors."

"Heritage Action wrote, “Biden is cutting Medicare Advantage benefits for 33 million Americans—and hoping they don’t notice until after the November election.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/03/joe-biden-moves-to-slash-medicare-advantage/

@mott-the-hoople said
"Yesterday, the Biden administration continued their attacks on the private sector option for seniors on Medicare, Medicare Advantage. This is the second cut in two years. This latest round of cuts will cost seniors an extra $33 per month. That’s a $396 per year rate increase for a cohort largely on fixed incomes and still reeling from terrible inflation. Medicare Adv ...[text shortened]... . [/b]

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/03/joe-biden-moves-to-slash-medicare-advantage/

Libs don't care about this.

@AverageJoe1
Yeah, that TERRIBLE inflation of 3 percent. and near a million new jobs. Can't have THAT from a fukking DEMOCRAT can we.

@mott-the-hoople said
"Yesterday, the Biden administration continued their attacks on the private sector option for seniors on Medicare, Medicare Advantage. This is the second cut in two years. This latest round of cuts will cost seniors an extra $33 per month. That’s a $396 per year rate increase for a cohort largely on fixed incomes and still reeling from terrible inflation. Medicare Adv ...[text shortened]... . [/b]

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/03/joe-biden-moves-to-slash-medicare-advantage/

Finally, some responsible fiscal policy.

@mott-the-hoople said
"Yesterday, the Biden administration continued their attacks on the private sector option for seniors on Medicare, Medicare Advantage. This is the second cut in two years. This latest round of cuts will cost seniors an extra $33 per month. That’s a $396 per year rate increase for a cohort largely on fixed incomes and still reeling from terrible inflation. Medicare Adv ...[text shortened]... . [/b]

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/03/joe-biden-moves-to-slash-medicare-advantage/

so he isn't slashing medicare, he is slashing a private sector option of medicare

@zahlanzi said
so he isn't slashing medicare, he is slashing a private sector option of medicare

Exactly.

Republicans spewing misinformation? Who knew?

Everyone knew.

@sh76 said
Finally, some responsible fiscal policy.

We are going to need deep cuts in Medicare and Medicaid to have any hope of paying off the national debt.

Deregulation of healthcare *might* help, but I think price controls are going to be mandatory at some point. Unfortunate, but I don't see another way. The gouging has just gone too deep.

@sh76 said
Finally, some responsible fiscal policy.

ya think stop giving money to illegals might be a better start?

@sonhouse said
@AverageJoe1
Yeah, that TERRIBLE inflation of 3 percent. and near a million new jobs. Can't have THAT from a fukking DEMOCRAT can we.

What do the job numbers have to do with the cuts in this discussion? Do you have something to say about the topic or do you need to find something else to complain about to cover for this?

@spruce112358 said
We are going to need deep cuts in Medicare and Medicaid to have any hope of paying off the national debt.

Deregulation of healthcare *might* help, but I think price controls are going to be mandatory at some point. Unfortunate, but I don't see another way. The gouging has just gone too deep.

leaving all the SSI income the people pay into it alone and not spending it on other things would do it too.

@zahlanzi said
so he isn't slashing medicare, he is slashing a private sector option of medicare

If you are losing money because of a cut does it stinking matter?

@mott-the-hoople said
ya think stop giving money to illegals might be a better start?

The illegals and undocumented may have a claim for some benefit though.

"Agricultural workers in the United States not only support the US economy, but are also responsible for keeping people across the country and the globe fed. The agricultural sector contributed $1.055 trillion to the US GDP in 2020, with $134.7 billion coming just from farms. US agricultural exports were worth $139.6 billion in 2018. The agricultural sector in the United States relies on foreign workers; 86 percent of agricultural workers in the United States are foreign-born and 45 percent of all US agricultural workers are undocumented. Seasonal and agricultural labor demands are also growing in the United States. Requests for the H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker Program, which brings immigrants from abroad for periods of up to eight months to meet agricultural workforce needs, have more than doubled from 2010 to 2019. The program increased from 79,000 H-2A workers in 2010 to 258,000 in 2019. "

https://cmsny.org/agricultural-workers-rosenbloom-083022/

I don't think illegals are sitting around on their butts waiting for a cheque to roll in.

@kmax87 said
The illegals and undocumented may have a claim for some benefit though.

"Agricultural workers in the United States not only support the US economy, but are also responsible for keeping people across the country and the globe fed. The agricultural sector contributed $1.055 trillion to the US GDP in 2020, with $134.7 billion coming just from farms. US agricultural exports we ...[text shortened]... 083022/

I don't think illegals are sitting around on their butts waiting for a cheque to roll in.

Like a drug dealer has a claim?

“Democrat governors and mayors earmarked at least $517 million for the programs, which generally consisted of providing cash payments to individual illegal immigrants. The funding reviewed by Fox News Digital was drawn from the American Rescue Plan (ARP), the $1.9 trillion federal COVID-19 stimulus package President “



https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-states-cities-overrun-migrants-funneled-millions-federal-covid-19-aid-support-illegals

“The program, which the mayor's office confirmed will provide migrant families of four with two children under 5 with up to $350 each week until the end of their stay, began with a limited number of families on Monday and will expand to about 115 families, or roughly 460 people, over the next week”

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-york-city-begins-giving-illegal-immigrants-prepaid-debit-cards-part-53-million-pilot-program

@sh76 said
Finally, some responsible fiscal policy.

Responsible would be that everyone shop around and BUY health insurance coverage. There are many providers to choose from, you can google them. When you reach the age of 65, it is even cheaper. (AARP) But you have to buy it, to be responsible for your own healthcare. The govt is not responsible for my healthcare. I am. So, I plan, and get a policy to take care of me if I get sick.
Whew. So easy.

@mott-the-hoople said
ya think stop giving money to illegals might be a better start?

The thing about giving money to illegals is that transparency is extremely limited, how much is actually going where they say. If it’s all about giving money to people here without a paper trail of record of birth, historical records of their life so are they all actual people?