(June 11, 2014 at 6:06 pm)Heywood Wrote: In Brat's mind a fair system is one that doesn't run a deficit. He wants Medicare recipients(all of them as a group) to receive only what they(all of them as a group) pay into it. He isn't talking about an individual input to output parity....at least not that I can see from watching his statements made in the video Motherjones used as a source to mischaracterize his position.
A group is a collection of individuals. The group 'Medicare recipients' is nothing more than a collection of individual 'Medicare recipients'. If none of the individuals receiving Medicare can afford healthcare costs then what could possibly be the reasoning behind the notion that the group comprising these individuals can?
The group can't, which is why the program exists and is subsidized by a larger group...all taxpayers. Again, Brat's desire to make Medicare recipients pay the full burden of healthcare costs is equivalent to denying care since they as a collection of individuals cannot afford it.
