On Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 12:39:55 AM UTC-5, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> In article >,
> Cindy Hamilton > wrote:
>
> > We have to nibble around the edges to get health care for everybody.
>
> Perhaps. When free Medicare for all comes to fruition, I want every
> dime I ever paid into it back. Then we will all have a fresh start in
> the new, rosy utopia. Is there anything wrong with that idea?
>
> leo

Why would you expect every dime back? (Not to mention that most people
under the current Medicare get much more back than they ever paid in.)

Who paid for the first generation of Social Security recipients? The
people who were working at the time. It's been that way ever since.
Same with Medicare.

Cindy Hamilton