The Republican plan would also reportedly include some means-testing to have more affluent seniors pay more for their coverage. I agree that some means-testing of Medicare benefits will probably be necessary in the long run. We should not kid ourselves, however, about how much savings could be achieved through means-testing. There simply is not that much Medicare spending on wealthy seniors from which we could extract major savings. The American people deserve to know about these changes.
Seniors deserve to know.
Their children, who could find themselves saddled with more and more of their parents' medical bills, deserve to know. Everyone deserves to know about these changes for the simple reason that the American people care about Medicare , and they care deeply. A recent poll commissioned by the American Association of Retired Persons, shows that 89 percent of Americans support this program. Ninety-two percent see it as the only way older Americans could possibly have adequate health care. And 9 in 10 older Americans said they do not want to be a burden on their families.