The second piece is that the defunding occurred right at the time of one of the most profitable markets in history…albeit fueled by fraud…and so the amount of money lost to the Trust was considerably more than just the missing funding….it includes the unrealized stock gains.

The public sector pensions are not too grand and they are not a problem. There may need to be adjustments to some areas that took too large a stance but for the most part these pensions were earned as people often negotiated these retirements in lieu of wages. I know the powers that be do not want to acknowledge that. We do not want anyone to be placed in a position of not being able to afford health care as these co-pays and deductions being added all around are blocking everyone from access to the care they need.

Health fraud consumes the largest part of health care expenditures and certainly that is true with entitlements. We demand health care fraud over these few decades be brought back to government coffers and support these contracts that must be met.