‘I Hesitate to Show’ Clip of Biden Medicare Flub, ‘It’s Painful to Watch’
During a discussion of Thursday’s presidential debate between 2024 Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden on PBS’s “Washington Week with the Atlantic” on Friday, The Atlantic’s moderator and editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg said he was hesitant to air the video of Biden saying during the debate that “we could defeat Medicare” because […]
Illegal Immigration Will ‘Wipe Out’ Social Security, Medicare
The claim: Former President Donald Trump said President Joe Biden’s term would see record illegal immigration and would “disappear” Social Security and Medicare because of the enormous costs. The verdict: Partly true. A study by the Center for Immigration Studies found that amnesty for illegal immigrants would impose huge costs on Social Security and Medicare. […]
‘We Beat Medicare’: Biden Freezes Mid-Answer Before Being Bailed Out By Moderator
President Joe Biden froze up for the first 15 minutes of the 2024 presidential debate and had to be rescued by CNN host Jake Tapper. The Biden-Trump debate began with Tapper and moderator Dana Bash suddenly talking about the US economy, asking them about the national debt and taxes. After Trump responded that high-income earners […]
Key union pulls support for moving 250K NYC retirees to Medicare Advantage – Gothamist
The leader of New York City’s public school teachers union said the union is withdrawing its support for Mayor Eric Adams’ ongoing effort to switch retired city workers from traditional Medicare to private Medicare Advantage plans, a change some retirees say would weaken their health care benefits. The announcement by Michael Mulgrew, president of the […]
Reversing course, teachers union president Mike Mulgrew opposes changes to Medicare
In a surprising about-face, Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Teachers Union, withdrew his support for controversial changes to health care for thousands of city retirees following a crushing defeat for his allied candidate in last week’s union elections. Sunday’s policy reversal came on the heels of stiff opposition from city union leaders representing Mulgrew […]
NYC teacher retirees toss out union crew over Medicare coverage
The city’s retired educators, infuriated by proposed changes to the health care system, defeated a union candidate allied with powerful United Teachers Union President Michael Mulgrew. The United Caucus retirees chapter, which Mulgrew is associated with, sent a notice to supporters on Saturday saying that unofficial results showed he was defeated in a recent election […]
Corporations selling Medicare Advantage are swindling the American taxpayers – Daily Kos
It is time to declare Medicare Advantage a failed experiment that is not only defrauding Americans, but also killing them. Medicare Advantage is a scam Watch Politics Done Right TV here. Let’s talk about The $600 billion scamRecent research makes a compelling case for abolishing Medicare Advantage. How much would it cost to vote out […]
Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act Screws Seniors with the Biggest Medicare Premium Increase Ever
The following content is Americans want limited government. One typical strategy often found in the Obama/Biden playbook sounds good in the short term, but the long term impact is rear Elections. That way, even if the Democrats win, they won’t be held accountable by voters. but If they lose, they can blame Republicans when things […]
James Biden associate Keaton Langston pleads guilty to $51M Medicare fraud
WASHINGTON — A former business partner of James Biden has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to defraud Medicare of $51 million through a testing company with ties to Biden’s brother. Keaton Langston, 39, admitted to using pharmacies, durable medical equipment companies and financially-interested laboratories to bill for unnecessary tests and orders. Department of Justice […]
U.S. Spending On Interest Tops National Defense, Medicare
Congress has spent more money on interest so far this year than it has spent on both national defense and Medicare. Spending on net interest hit $514 billion in the first seven months of fiscal year 2024. That’s more than spending on both national defense ($498 billion) and Medicare ($465 billion). Medicare is the federal […]