CarolC,

You miss my point. Those PRESENTLY on Medicare pay premiums. IN ADDITION, ALL working Americans pay 1.45% of their pretax income to Medicare/Medicaid, to support the PRESENT population that is on those programs. In addition, states provide additional funding.

Now, when you increase the number ON those programs, you increase the amount that EACH working person will have to pay, regardless of whether they are in the program. You also increase the amount that each state has to provide ( which they will get by increasing their taxes).

Unless Obama is a liar, taxes ( ie, the 1.45% ) will NOT be increased.

So where does the money come from?

And how does covering MORE people without funding it increase the present fund?