Preserving Medicare, a Matter of Arithmetic
May 14th, 2011 | By Sharon Shaw Elrod MSW EdD | Category: Social Security & MedicarePaul Krugman wrote an Op Ed in the New York Times on May 12 that is hard to argue with. His logic just makes sense.// Freshmen congressmen/women’s attempts to dismantle Medicare will backfire on them. This is a summary of Krugman’s points: Services for senior citizens (Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security) constitute the greatest bulk of federal [...]