Gov't Forces Elders to Medicare Now sees Medicare as a "piggy bank"

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR

Medicare is looking like a big fat piggy bank for health care overhaul.

President Barack Obama and the Democrats want to pay for much of their plan to cover the uninsured by cutting hundreds of billions from the Medicare budget over the next 10 years.

From its inception, the health plan for seniors has been kept afloat by taxes out of workers' paychecks. Now, Medicare savings would count toward helping uninsured working-age children and grandchildren afford their own coverage. ....


ons and answers on how the health care overhaul would affect Medicare beneficiaries: ....