On 18 Feb 2005, at 11:56 pm, Robert Seeberger wrote:
I'm not disagreeing with you and Erik, but I think Nick is also correct. It seems to me that the "Cost Of Being Old" is rising dramatically, and the main causes are due to the rising health costs that are effecting everyone. We have discussed this a bit in the past. The cost of health care and medicine is rising beyond the ability of our society to pay.
Businesses and government are having a hard time affording health insurance for employees. Employees are finding that their insurance covers less and less.
I think the real key to reigning in Social Security and Medicare costs is controlling health care costs.
It may be that we are coming to a point where we have to decide between economic security for the old, young and infirm, or free market medical and pharmaceutical business practices.
I'm not American (thank Dog!) and know nothing about your broken political systems but haven't you just pointed out the fact that Social Security and Medicare are different? So if they are, then bringing Medicare into the argument about Social Security is a big red herring?
Living costs is one thing, medical care is another. Yes, no?
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