> Judah wrote: > On the other hand, the Federal government has a pretty decent record > running Medicare and Medicaid for a good long time now. So what is so > bad about expanding a Medicare(like) program to people under > retirement age? >
Because the core problem with Medicare is that it's run great for an insolvent company: * Boomers start filing claims in 2011 * Medicare is *currently* in the hole about $35 trillion * This doesn't include social security, Medicaid, SCHIP, and any new programs. The funding gap can only be closed by A.) substantial tax increases, B.) large benefit cuts C.) both, or ... Unless we drastically lower costs. And the only time proven way to do that is when consumers bring their power to the market. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:305157 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
