Medicare, Elections And Careers
As the health care crisis continues to be a point of contention in the United States, many people from many walks of life who depend on Medicare are worried about its future prospects. Depending on the lean of the country and its leaders after the next election, Medicare will undoubtedly undergo some major changes either in favor of its continuance or its slow death.
There seems to be many experts coming out of the wood work to debate the Medicare issue and most everyone does agree that the current condition of Medicare will make it insolvent and current estimations put it bankrupt in the year 2052. It should be pretty easy to see that the program has a bigger pipe pumping the resources out, than is coming in.
It has been a long time since the flames of debate have divided a political issue such as the medical insurance issue that will surely witness its fair share of debates leading up to the 2012 elections and will have significant influence of the future of Medicare. Politicians on the left favor increased funding for Medicare, but the conservative side of politics think that continue funding is a bad investment of resources and favor private businesses that offer medical insurance programs instead but would need the backing of the public health care system.
Lobbies on both sides of the issue have made their presence known, and both sides have contributed largely to the political campaigns of the politicians that they see as their champions, with private businesses opposed to paying large Medicare benefits through the tax structure being the biggest supporters of many incumbent Senators. The rhetoric towards socialized medicine in the vein of Canada or other developed nations with a central medical health system has begun to die down as many centrist Democrats have yielded on the issue in order to gain the support of Republicans for economic concerns, such as jobs.
The future of Medicare under these circumstances comes down to a generational divide. Many younger supporters, which tend to lean right, who own businesses and have expendable income and youthful bodies with no need for Medicare, support its demise. Those older citizens, nearing or in retirement and with less expendable income and more health issues, are leaning for Medicare. These types of people traditionally side with more liberal politicians. The swing will definitely come after the elections, as the White House will most likely decide the divide in Congress. Currently, the left leaning White House has stopped short of saying that it does not want Medicare as a program, but is doing little to further the cause.
There seems to be many experts coming out of the wood work to debate the Medicare issue and most everyone does agree that the current condition of Medicare will make it insolvent and current estimations put it bankrupt in the year 2052. It should be pretty easy to see that the program has a bigger pipe pumping the resources out, than is coming in.
It has been a long time since the flames of debate have divided a political issue such as the medical insurance issue that will surely witness its fair share of debates leading up to the 2012 elections and will have significant influence of the future of Medicare. Politicians on the left favor increased funding for Medicare, but the conservative side of politics think that continue funding is a bad investment of resources and favor private businesses that offer medical insurance programs instead but would need the backing of the public health care system.
Lobbies on both sides of the issue have made their presence known, and both sides have contributed largely to the political campaigns of the politicians that they see as their champions, with private businesses opposed to paying large Medicare benefits through the tax structure being the biggest supporters of many incumbent Senators. The rhetoric towards socialized medicine in the vein of Canada or other developed nations with a central medical health system has begun to die down as many centrist Democrats have yielded on the issue in order to gain the support of Republicans for economic concerns, such as jobs.
The future of Medicare under these circumstances comes down to a generational divide. Many younger supporters, which tend to lean right, who own businesses and have expendable income and youthful bodies with no need for Medicare, support its demise. Those older citizens, nearing or in retirement and with less expendable income and more health issues, are leaning for Medicare. These types of people traditionally side with more liberal politicians. The swing will definitely come after the elections, as the White House will most likely decide the divide in Congress. Currently, the left leaning White House has stopped short of saying that it does not want Medicare as a program, but is doing little to further the cause.
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