Honors Blog 1

People who are retired are usually older, which makes them the most prone to diseases or injuries; therefore, they will be needing the most health care. Since they are at least over the age of 65, they will most likely not have a job and will not be able to pay for health care of insurance. Medicare gives senior citizens the chance to get the health care they need so they can be taken care of. The Social Security Act of 1965 was made a law by President Lyndon B. Johnson so that seniors could have health care through Medicare. President Harry S. Truman and his wife were the first two people to sign up for Medicare, and were the first to receive their Medicare cards.
It is hard for working citizens to pay for health care in general, which shows it is even harder for retired people to pay for it especially with how expensive it is getting. People may wonder why it is even important to have Medicare since it is making taxpayers pay more taxes, but this money goes to paying for retired senior citizens who would find it hard to pay for themselves, and the people who are paying will eventually have their health care paid for them too. Medicare not only helps over 40 million senior citizens, but also helps other hospitals, “On average, the AHA estimates hospitals derive about 38 percent of their revenues from Medicare.” Medicare is one of the biggest most successful health care plans.

 Sources:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3257/is_3_57/ai_98953933/pg_2/?tag=content;col1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_%28United_States%29  

http://www.seniorcorps.org/medicare/why-is-medicare-important/