Oh! Oh! Its happening Already!

But everyone said Obama wasn't going to be mean to the old people! They said that there would be no RATIONING of healthcare! No surprise to me. And if I am out of a job...can I come live with YOU?

I have a feeling that we are going to see so much more of this. It is scary. I have a son at home that I care for now, and cannot imagine taking care of my parents on top of it, although I will before I put them in a home. A rest home would definitely be a last resort, although there may be very few of them.

This I really dont understand why the cuts hree as the pateints have to turn over their SSI checks and SS check to the homes. Thats any where from A %1000 to $2000 a month from these people. So how can they be broke even if they are to get billions of $ from medicare I dont see why this should happen As the people have to use thier checks to stay in these places and if they need extra things like getting them up dressed fed any little thing the family has to pay that out of pocket. My mom pays $2200 to stay where she is and I still havent seen all that much care given to her to pay that much to sleep! and my brother has to pay extra for pullups,Ensure , and for someone to dress her if they dont get there in time to do it. and he said it seemed to him they tried to do this early getting her ready for bed as he gets there shortly after work and they could already have her ready for bed! So they can charge him $7 for doing it.

I've been trying to find out if these cuts are due to the recent vote against raising Medicare premiums approximate $10/month for seniors with annual incomes over $85,000 for individuals and $170,000 for couples. Since my daughter worked in nursing homes for many years and my mother was in one for awhile in 2003 and again last year I know there are many problems. It's a little hard to understand the nursing homes losing money since I know their residents with homes basically have to sign them away. I also know they certainly work short-staffed most of the time. No matter how you slice it, I'd hope nobody would put their parents in a nursing home unless it were the absolute last resort! I had no choice with my mom but it was still one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. I've certainly noticed the trend all over the country these days that many people of all ages seem to resent their tax dollars going to help anyone in need and I find that very scary. I don't even want to think about what it will be like when I get old! Annie

So where would these younger people be if the older ones hadn't paid for their schooling(sometimes including subsidizing college) and often their healthcare when they were young. A large part of my taxes(local, state and federal) goes toward education of these younger people.

Most nursing homes are always perilously close to closure. They run at a very tiny profit margin. Medicare patients are generally no less costly to care for, often more costly, and the government payments are no more than you would imagine. It's a very sad thing to see the lack of caring from the younger generation and I can't imagine where it's all going to end up, since I read a scientist's prediction that the next generation can expect most people to live to 100!

That is not fair, why is it always these People that suffer It is the same here in the UK Those poor People are going to loose their Home, Security and care it makes me so mad I hope that something can be sorted and it does not happen

You forgot my favorite option. Maybe you didn't know about it. Too few people do. Nowadays, many elderly and disabled people have home care. They hire their own people to come into their houses and help them with whatever they need. This is much cheaper than a nursing home. For myself, I am disabled and I save the state $22,000 a year or more just by living in my own house instead of a nursing home. I think if more people knew about this we'd be advocating for home care instead of nursing homes or having to go live with their children and feeling like a burden.

Sure why not? The elderly paid their time working, us still working are still paying into these things w/o vote to do so. I did live the 247 home care and it sux big! If my mom wasn't on assistance before she went into a nuring home we would of had to find somewhere for her to move or us or?? We have no room here. Also them skimping on staffing, that's NORMAL in a nursing home! Shoot they make people make 10-15 minutes after hitting the buzzer so they can toilet and then wonder why they soil their clothes...DUH!

If they are going to rob anyone, they should be robbing the medicAID and welfare programs, ya know the ones that are catering to the able bodied people....the ones who could work. Not a group that can no longer help themselves get out of bed in the morning! Come to think of it, they have been robbing social security medicare for a long time know, to keep a bunch of able bodied people happy! Probably because it keeps that unemployment number down lower than it would be if they were all out there looking for work instead of happily collecting their gov't checks.