Letter: Medicare and Social Security are not entitlements

We need to change the term used for Social Security and Medicare. They are not “entitlements.” Entitlement suggests a benefit that is given without merit. Excuse me. I have paid for my Social Security throughout my working life. My Social Security is taxed, and my Medicare payment is subtracted from my Social Security check each month.A provision in the Senate’s tax bill that Medicare recipients will no longer have cancer treatments paid for by Medicare is a breech of contract.