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MineralMan

(146,308 posts)

6. Trump cannot end Medicare by fiat.

Reply to Doreen (Original post)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 02:55 PM

Jan 2017

Your appointment is safe, and will be covered. I'm also on Medicare. Congress will not end Medicare. They have to run for office, too. They know that it would end their careers.

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I have Medicare and I have a [View all] Doreen Jan 2017 OP

Good question! We have no guarantee for the future at all. nt csziggy Jan 2017 #1

Yes we do...ACA is fully funded for the rest of the year... brooklynite Jan 2017 #12

That's only short term - what about next year and the year after? csziggy Jan 2017 #16

you're OK for now Skittles Jan 2017 #2

Don't worry. Organize. marybourg Jan 2017 #3

We're on Medicare, too. Time to make sure the will is in order. Vinca Jan 2017 #4

I doubt they can fully kill Medicare by Thursday Bettie Jan 2017 #5

Trump cannot end Medicare by fiat. MineralMan Jan 2017 #6

Thanks for putting this up. Wellstone ruled Jan 2017 #7

There's plenty to worry about. MineralMan Jan 2017 #8

Here you on that. Wellstone ruled Jan 2017 #9

very unlikely drray23 Jan 2017 #10

I very much doubt that even idiot Trump cyclonefence Jan 2017 #11

I am not old but disabled...well one more year to 50 but that is not old is it? Doreen Jan 2017 #13

As it happens, my husband and I *and* our 30-year-old disabled daughter cyclonefence Jan 2017 #14

I am pretty sure that my Medicare works off the fact Doreen Jan 2017 #15