The Dependency Agenda

When Medicare was adopted, the elderly were the wealthiest group of Americans, as they are today
In 1979, the majority of federal transfer payments went to the poor; today 64% goes to the middle and upper classes
Massive federal entitlement programs, whatever their motives, NO NOT WORK
Health outcomes from Medicaid patients are worse than patients that have no insurance at all
Medicare and Social Security have not reduced poverty among seniors
Current unfunded liabilities under the two systems of Social Security and Medicare amount to more than all the money in the world