tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3864161393184469427.post4181176714137262664..comments2024-02-14T03:47:16.245-05:00Comments on work: Recession Hits Social Security, Medicare Fundsminutemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09798035945782569111noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3864161393184469427.post-1973400075783077582009-06-15T17:21:22.506-04:002009-06-15T17:21:22.506-04:00"Medicare won't be able to meet its oblig..."Medicare won't be able to meet its obligations beginning in 2017 — two years sooner than previously projected, the trustees said."<br /><br />I work in the health care field as an x-ray technologist. I'm also trained to do a study called a bone density. This test is primarily done on older individuals to measure the density of their bones and determine if they need preventative treatment so as not to, say, break a hip if they were to fall.<br /><br />I find it very curious that I get plenty of patients that cannot speak a word of English, have only been in this country for a few years on the backs of their children who have also not been born here, have OBVIOUSLY not worked a day in their lives here in the States, have OBVIOUSLY not paid a penny into the system, BUT THEY HAVE MEDICARE COVERAGE! <br /><br />I am 50 years old. I keep hearing how there will not be the money available in the Medicare system when it comes time for me to take part. <br /><br />Am I missing something here or is this just another one of those instances where it seems we here in the United States have to take care of everybody, even those who are not of this country? How is it that a foreigner can come live in this country with their children and reap the benefits of other people's (citizens') labor? Maybe if we stop this practice there WOULD be money for me in my time of need.LustingWanderlusterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17445715142848748061noreply@blogger.com