America Out Loud PULSE

America Out Loud PULSE


The Truth About Medicare and How to Improve It

December 20, 2022

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Marilyn Singleton – Medicare is funded mainly from general revenues (43 percent), payroll taxes (36 percent), and beneficiary premiums (15 percent). And the well is running dry. We have gone from 41.9 workers per retiree to 2.8 workers paying into the fund. In 2020 Medicare’s trustees reported that...