Medicare and Medicaid vs Social Security

Here's a good series of posts discussing Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and health care.

A reminder that they are not the same thing.

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Then a reminder that Medicare and Medicaid are are not "the problem", it's the rising cost of health care.

Ezra Klein - The problem is not Medicare And Medicaid. Its health care.

Then more on Medicare/Medicaid vs Rising Healthcare Costs.

Break down of healthCare payers

EconomistsView shows it's medicare/Medicaid that are the key to budget issues

Even more from Brad DeLong

Even More on Social Security Fixing Social Security

We need to be working on stopping rising healthcare costs first before we attack other areas of spending.

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