Hospitals / Doctors now refusing to take Medicare

[Joe Wicked]

Been a busy afternoon so I am a bit behind.

Ex,
My point on the earlier post was a good portion of the money needed to cover these people can be found by eliminating the free rides. I have said it before (I think on this thread) my wife's cousin is on welfare because they pay all her bills, buy her a new car every 5 years, and she doesn't have to try to do anything. She has had 8 kids and the gravy train keeps coming. Now that 1 turned 18 2 years ago and she has gotten a little less the last 2 years, she is thinking about getting pregnant again, so she can get that money back up to where it was. This is unacceptable. There is a lot of money in just Welfare that is free ride. Leave taxes alone, leave the big bills alone and FIX what is broken first. Reform the Welfare system and then apply that money that we already pay to what Welfare was supposed to be in the first place. For people that NEED it. I see government health care subsidies of any form welfare. Reform the ENTIRE Welfare system including all food, money, and health care, and provide it to those who NEED it and I would be many more would be on board. I believe, based on my experiences, that there is a lot of fraud, a lot of laziness and not wanting to work. I also have a problem with a "Help" program that buys new $40-50K vehicles every 5 years. I can understand the need for a new vehicle in terms of reliability and maintenance costs, but there is no need for those expensive vehicles, when the reasoning is that they need a car. If you need for many passengers, a minivan fits better. Don't like it, work harder at getting a job. If you have 3 or less kids you get a mid size base model car. A full sized SUV is not needed, if they can afford a boat or whatever else will require a full size to tow, then they are in less need of the aid than they are getting. Welfare is not to make everyone rich.