,000 in lifetime medicare taxes. Yet receives 250,000 in benefits. So is of taxes for 3 of benefits. Thats how medicare works. Thats for the typical family in ohio ar on the on or around the. When you multiply this, you can see why we have a totally unsustainable program because not enough money goes in to pay for the benefits coming out. Providing 3 in benefits under medicare fo for every 1 paid fr lowincome seniors is one thing. We want to make sure theyre taken care of. For the most part in their working years, those folks probably didnt earn enough to pay large medicare taxes and the program is designed to ensure that they do receive the medical coverage they would not otherwise get. But should upperincome seniors, seniors who are on medicare, receive benefits that far exceed what they pay into the system . Thats what happens now. Is that fair . I dont think so when the program is going bankrupt, when our kids and grandkids are facing massive tax increases to pay for a problem that
Accurate way. Sometimes i found it was easier to do the things then to write about those things, but it was interesting. Story in a cover insight magazine, which is published by the washington times, and the cover story looks like this i want to show the audience, a couple of people you probably know pretty well. We talked about the fact that you were born in israel, 61 years ago, how about these two gentlemen when you look at here, mr. Peres and mr. Shamir, were they born in israel . No, they were not born in israel. What country did they come from from . Both of them are born in poland. What about some of the other people we know . He was born in israel. Golda mayor was born here, wasnt she . She was born in russia and came here. Does it matter at all . Yourave been there all of life, does it matter to you or others if you came from another country, whether or not you can be a part of the no. We live in a democracy and everyone might be elected. I dont think so. I dont think it makes
Josh westin. The wallic family. Bernard and irene. Corporate funding provided by mutual of america designing customized, individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support is provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tish wnu studios, hari sreenivasan. U. S. Army Sergeant Bowe bergdahl is recuperating today in germany held captive for five years the nations last known prisoner of the afghan war was released saturday in exchange for five prisoners. Traveling to Afghanistan Defense secretary chuck hagel said u. S. Officials had to act quickly to rescue bergdahl. We had information that his health could be deteriorating rapidly. There was a question about his safety. We found an opportunity. We took that opportunity. Ill stand by that decision. I signed off on the decision. The president made the ultimate decision. Republicans said presid
Two bags. Two other tsa employees and passenger were shot before Airport Police shot the suspect four times. According to court documents, ciancia meant to kill tsa agents. Were not advocating at this time that all 45,000 officers be armed. We believe that creating a layer of security within tsa where there are Law Enforcement officers at tsa that are, would provide like a nationwide Law Enforcement force to back up our officers and secure those checkpoints is something that needs to be examined. Reporter reports also indicate that ciancias father called police on friday after another Family Member received a suicidal text from ciancia. Police went to ciancias apartment to investigate but by then it was too late. The shootings had already begun. Thank you, derek. Federal authorities are now promising a new review of security reviews in light of fridays shootings. Mary is live in the newsroom reporter reports of a person carrying a gun or handgun. 400 student residential metro. One stud
They could be at least twice as effective. We could have 500,000 rather than a quarter of a Million People enrolled. One level oft have government firmly holding the reins, it takes time. It is natural. We all get upset and exercise over the initial numbers. There is a huge news hole to fill looking for todays news. It is incumbent upon us to take a deep breath and realize some there are going to be problems early on. Over time there is reason for optimism. Thank you. We are going to turn to gretel, who is worth alabama medicaid. She is the director of the Technical Support division the Medicaid Agency. Tell us about your experience. What did you learn over the course of this program . How will lessons influence your medicaidation in the enrollment that has gone on in tandem . Thank you for allowing me to speak for alabama medicaid. As youve said before, it is on everybodys mind on how these eligibility systems are working in getting everybody enrolled in health care. That is one of th