Friday, February 15, 2013

US Debt Reduction Sequester Spending Solution #11: Lower Medicare Benefits For Those With High Income

My recommendation here is that any taxpayer who has Adjusted Modified Gross Income of between $500,000 and $1 million in a given year gets his Medicare Benefits reduced in the following year.  This Medicare Benefit reduction includes among other items higher copays, higher deductibles, and higher medicare government insurance premiums.  This Adjusted Modified Gross Income should include, among other items, any tax-fee municipal bond interest.

And any taxpayer who has Adjusted Modified Gross Income of $1 million or more in a given year gets his Medicare Benefits reduced by significantly more in the following year than one with Adjusted Modified Gross Income of between $500,000 and $1 million.  This Medicare Benefit reduction includes among other items even much higher copays, even much higher deductibles, and even much higher medicare government insurance premiums.

Given the $16 trillion of US Debt, this is a fair and wise way to reduce US Government spending.