clarence swinney
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Mon Aug-31-09 11:10 AM
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38 TRILLION UNFUNDED MEDICARE LIABILITY |
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Orrin Hatch said that on Talk program.
Wow! I am worried sick. 38 Trillion=38,000 Billion Medicare 2009 expenditures= 430 Billion
38,000/430=88
2097=wow! I am scared.
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Mon Aug-31-09 11:16 AM
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1. The number keeps growing every time a right wing loony speaks |
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Last week it was only about 10 trillion, a bargain!
"Unfunded liability" just means the fools are counting projected costs without counting the premiums that will be paid to cover them. As the cost of care inflates, so will the premiums. Duh, Orrin.
They're using a lot of big words and obviously have no clue what they mean.
They can't do math, either.
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Mon Aug-31-09 11:17 AM
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I'm smelling ass stat.... :eyes:
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Mon Aug-31-09 12:38 PM
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I want to hear just one of them say they want to abolish medicare because it costs too much.
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Mon Aug-31-09 11:17 AM
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3. Did he happen to mention how much of that was due to the Republican 's drug program? The one that |
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forbids medicare to negotiate for better drug prices? Did you ever wonder why we pay more for our prescription drugs than any other country?
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Mon Aug-31-09 11:24 AM
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5. Viagra and Cialis advertisements cost a lot of mony. |
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And I haven't heard about restless leg syndrome lately. Was that condition eradicated, or did the marketing campaign just flop?
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Mon Aug-31-09 11:50 AM
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9. Medicare Part 'D' for Dubya. |
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I wonder how much he gets under the table for that deal?
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Mon Aug-31-09 11:18 AM
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4. the silly little man knows nothing ..... |
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Mon Aug-31-09 11:29 AM
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6. I think Booby Hatch either needs a new calculator or some remedial math. nt |
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Mon Aug-31-09 11:33 AM
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7. Which Is Why We Need Single Payer |
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Unless we're inherently stupider than every other industrialized country, single payer will cut medical expenditures by 30% or more - while creating better medical outcomes.
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Mon Aug-31-09 11:41 AM
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8. he doesn't mind paying billions for war |
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Mon Aug-31-09 12:17 PM
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10. Small problem with your math |
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You forgot to account for demographics. The baby boomer generation is so large, and is very likely to live long enough on average to bring this program to its knees in a decade. Throw in the continued compounding of health care costs, and 2017 is a reasonable target.
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