Can you really not do any research other than Globe articles?
.... but is likely to receive $161,000 worth of Medicare benefits ...
Originally Posted by WTF
... or is
likely to receive $ 5,000 worth of Medicare benefits ....
... or is
likely to receive $ 15,000 worth of Medicare benefits ....
and secondly ...
... when was the last time you monitored "Medicare benefits" payment disclosures?
"Medicare benefits" does not mean "cash paid out" .. it means BENEFITS ... which is the PRIMARY reason so many physicians are no longer CONTRACTING with the government to provide those patients with MEDICARE coverage any services. The patients are getting the BENEFITS, but the physicians are not getting the CASH.
The DRAIN on what is "classified" as SS and medicare is disability benefits AND medicaid ... because those recipients are not contributing until retirement age and receiving benefits LONGER ... remember the PURPOSE of "Obamacare" was to provide about 15 million people with health coverage that they are unable or unwilling to afford....and when the job market is down, as it has been, the number of claims for disability and medicaid go up ... those BENEFITS don't run out!