Senior citizens will pay a lot more for Medicare in 2026

[Wonder Why]

11. And who pays for it? The rich who don't even pay their fair share of taxes for everything else?

The middle class, many of whom are on Medicare? The poorer younger people who are already paying taxes?

Not everybody can afford Medicare costs. But there are those that can. I have been paying for Medicare for nearly 14 years but I don't object to paying more because I can afford it and I know others can't. I've been paying taxes since I was 14 working after school at a local store because my parents didn't have a lot. But I never objected to paying taxes because that's the only way we have to fund our governments. It really gets me how many Americans, no matter how much they make or have, object to paying them. and, just as bad IMHO, are those that don't want to pay for things they think they don't need or want, whether it be for schools, defense, police and fire, helping the poor, or whatever it is that floats their boat.

Let's subsidize the poor on Medicare but letting everyone off because they're old is not a good idea. I'm glad Medicare costs so we all know that nothing in life is free, not even the clean air or water. We should have a stake in the cost, whether it be a penny because that's all we can afford or our fair share of the total cost of Medicare, even if it means we are subsidizing those of us who have less.

Whether it's the tax on our Social Security or the tax on the value of an electric or plug-in-hybrid car to make up for not paying gas tax but not based on how many miles are driven, we all have to pay and in the end most of us pay it in either taxes or pay for the service directly. And those that have the most should pay the most and not be entitled to special exemptions as they have always been given.

Medical care is not free anywhere. We all pay, one way or another.

That's my rant.