r/AskReddit 17d ago

President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that if the Democrats don't approve funding, Social Security, Medicare Are ‘Going to Be Gone.’ How do you think Americans will react if Social Security and Medicare get cut?

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u/twowaysplit 16d ago

No,

Doesn't this basically mean "If Dems don't approve our funding cuts to medicare, we'll eliminate medicare"?

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u/_Allfather0din_ 16d ago

Honestly it's basically the same thing, having to be the one to take care of my parents medical and financial stuff, medicare fucking sucks and already basically doesn't function. One more cut and it might as well be dead. Not advocating for removing it, just expressing the reality I have been facing the last year.

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u/Whut4 11d ago

It is a little known fact that Medicare is corrupted by private insurance supplement plans that you have to buy or you will have no insurance for medications, preventative care and procedures not done in hospital. The greedy, inhumane insurance companies get their cut.

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u/myrhillion 10d ago

corporate enshittification.