Medicare not adding to deficit

Your May 29 editorial “Medicare Mythology” said that Medicare would “run out of money in 2024.” That implies that at present it has enough money.

If that’s the case, how can it contribute to the present national debt? How can it run out of money if it draws on the general fund?

I am on Medicare and agree that revisions must be made to the program, but misleading statements such as yours do not contribute to a sensible discussion of the possible solutions.

— Gerald Fisher, Glenview