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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:58 PM Original message |
Does the Medicare deduction taken out of my paycheck go into the General fund? |
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stevebreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. no it goes into a separate fund for Medicare. |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The medicare trust funds, when there is a surplus, are borrowed into the general fund, just like ss. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. So, they are gone too and they don't want to pay them back? n/t |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 01:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. There are two Medicare trust funds, hospital insurance & supplementary |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 01:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Problem with Medicare is the lack of disease prevention. Our seniors would be much healthier |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 01:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. the problem with medicare is that the ruling class wants to get rid of it. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. No. |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 01:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Unless there are surplus taxes collected, then yes. Not the case currently, |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 07:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. The question was as I understood it was does it go directly into the general |
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