So are the taxes going up in order to change Medicare<\/a> or not; that is the burning question being asked in town hall meetings all across the United States.<\/p>\n One hand of the government says they are not going to raise taxes to fix Medicare<\/a>. The other hand says the plan to reform Medicare<\/a> will cost more because Medicare needs to change. So, which is the real story and what is the real definition of the word subsidy? Is it true that Medicare and Medicaid are the reasons the economy is so out of whack or is it the other way around?<\/p>\n Ostensibly a subsidy is a grant of public money that assists a private operator in serving the public or it is any financial assistance given by one person to another. The fact is that the government subsidizes Medicare and Medicaid, and what the government does not subsidize comes out of the (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So are the taxes going up in order to change Medicare or not; that is the burning question being asked in town hall meetings all across the United States. One hand of the government says they are not going to…<\/span><\/p>\n