Letter: Stop calling Medicare and Social Security entitlements

FILE - In this July 30, 2015 file photo, a sign supporting Medicare is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. A government report says Medicare beneficiaries can end up with higher hospital bills for some medical services as outpatients than as inpatients. In the topsy-turvy world of Medicare billing, you may pay more for outpatient care. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) 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…