Sunday, August 09, 2026

And We Don’t Trust Medicare…

... because of Medicare fraudsters who become Senators?

(And I’m pretty sure any distrust of the CDC, FDA, or NIH is traceable to Trump, then and now.)
No notes. Like the working stiff said: “I know. I have three of them.”
WELKER: Some Americans worry you can only make Medicare free and universal if you increase taxes. Would you need to do that?

EL-SAYED: Imagine if instead of paying that to your health insurance company, whose CEO makes $20m a year, instead you paid a little bit more in taxes for healthcare that you wouldn't lose. I think all of us would a lot more interested in that kind of system if we knew our healthcare would be free at the point of care.
This is precisely my experience on Medicare. I pay a small monthly premium (smaller than I ever paid for private insurance), and a small annual deductible (again….). I use more healthcare at 70 than I did at 30, but that’s just an argument for covering everyone. More money in the pot, but fewer people relying heavily on it. That lowers the financial burden on everyone.

But this is America, and we can’t have nice things. I honestly think this latest iteration dates back to the ‘50’s when there was remarkable equanimity about public burden sharing (education, public health, etc. )…
But then came the Civil Rights Movement, and we had to share with black people. 

And that’s been the hidden obstacle ever since.

1 comment:

  1. You nailed it, the great original sin of at least a third of those in the US for my entire lifetime and going right back to the beginning. And they control us all.

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