Medicare

The authors propose to force all Medicare patients into private Medicare Advantage plans by making it the default option, laying the groundwork to fully privatize Medicare.

That is largely because the main drivers of spending kept rising: social programs, including Social Security and Medicare, and interest on the public debt, which topped $1 trillion by one measure for the first time.

You will also have Medicare when you turn 65 and Social Security at 67.

The government website will direct patients on where to buy medications directly from manufacturers “often” at the MFN price, and “and always at lower prices than currently available,” said Chris Klomp, director of Medicare.

For one, it isn’t obvious how useful TrumpRx will be for most Americans, who already receive coverage through private insurance, Medicare or Medicaid.