I am writing in response to David Spackman’s letter to the editor on Sept. 16. He calls Social Security and Medicare entitlements. They are not entitlements, unless you think that after paying into both, we are entitled to them.
I worked 40 years paying into both Social Security and Medicare. I continue to pay my Medicare Part B monthly premiums out of the little income I get from Social Security. I also have a supplemental policy in which I pay monthly insurance premiums. I look at Medicare as a type of insurance you get through your employer. You pay a monthly premium and for secondary insurance coverage, you pay another monthly premium.