Well, At Least The SUBJECT Is Correct (Health Care)
2013-01-11 09:21
by Karl Denninger

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Now where are the real program suggestions to achieve the goal [lowering Medicare costs)?

Missing, that's where, because you can't get there from here by attacking the program and its operation. The underlying problem is in the medical system and the monopoly protections it has in law as a whole, not medical "entitlement" spending.

This is very similar to the "gun control" debate arising from Sandy Hook; indeed, it is effectively identical in form and fashion. It's a diversion and a scam to avoid discussion and debate of where the problem lies.

Post Sandy Hook the discussion has all been about "Guns." The problem isn't guns, exactly as the problem isn't Medicare or Medicaid when it comes to "entitlement" spending.

The problem with "entitlement spending" is the medical system as a whole; it is the monopoly protections and cost-shifting that has led to the explosion in medical spending.

Here are several examples of what our current medical system produces:

A preferable approach is to stop coddling illegals. Let's just treat U.S. citizens.