Newsweek's Medicare Scare: A Health Crisis or Just Another Distraction?
Newsweek warns us that 'Medicare Coverage Could Change at the End of This Month,' citing upcoming deadlines and potential disruptions. A timely concern, no doubt, for millions of elderly and disabled Americans. Yet, the article, like so much mainstream media (MSM) financial reporting, focuses on the symptoms—the monthly changes—without ever daring to diagnose the disease. It's a deft pivot away
from the gargantuan, unquestioned expenditures that truly strain the national budget, ensuring we look at our wallets, not the war chest. While Americans agonize over Medicare co-pays, where's the Newsweek exposé on the '$14 billion in security assistance' to a foreign power, as voted on in HR 815 by the House just this April? Or the $3.8 billion annually the US already cables to Israel, often
with bipartisan fanfare, no questions asked? (Source: Congressional Research Service, OpenSecrets.org). One might wonder if 'changes' to our domestic safety nets materialize more frequently when billions are being funneled offshore to fuel endless foreign conflicts. Perhaps if Medicare coverage were tied to defense contractor stock performance, it would suddenly become 'too critical to cut.'