Unfortunately, none of this DOGE bullshit will do anything to the spiraling debt.
The majority of the US budget goes to social security, medicare/medicaid and defense spending. This is about 60% of the budget.
The billionaires are in control of the US now as oligarchs and defense spending is how they suck up money.
So that is never getting cut.
Social security and Medicare will be untouched even though they talk about cuts, because that's how they keep a good chunk of their voting base placated.
The cost of medicare/medicaid will continue to spiral to the moon as the Trump admin killed the governments ability to negotiate drug prices again, because this is good for the oligarchs. But even ignoring pharma, the cost of services is still growing out of control.
For what it's worth, I wouldn't be surprised if Medicare ends up spending more per enrolled member because they'll force CMS to be more heavily reliant on Medicare Advantage plans administered by private insurers.
>Social security and Medicare will be untouched even though they talk about cuts, because that's how they keep a good chunk of their voting base placated.
There are plans in place to cut medicaid to reduce the corporate tax. Trump is in full DGAF mode, he's not running for president again so his mask is off. Heck, at the speeds he's going he may get everything he wants in place before Midterms anyway.
That means we’re virtually redirecting funding from many agencies to medicare/medicaid (and military, sadly). Not a bad thing, if it requires every other govt agency to be shutdown, that we prioritize health.
The majority of the US budget goes to social security, medicare/medicaid and defense spending. This is about 60% of the budget.
The billionaires are in control of the US now as oligarchs and defense spending is how they suck up money. So that is never getting cut.
Social security and Medicare will be untouched even though they talk about cuts, because that's how they keep a good chunk of their voting base placated.
The cost of medicare/medicaid will continue to spiral to the moon as the Trump admin killed the governments ability to negotiate drug prices again, because this is good for the oligarchs. But even ignoring pharma, the cost of services is still growing out of control.