2009-08-04 09:57:14
Likewise, Medicare is a governemnt-run system. While the conservative right likes to call Medicare a fiasco, the truth is those receiving Medicare wouldn’t give it up, surveys show they have high opinions of it, and it operates at 3% cost, nearly 7 times more efficiently than the average private-run insurance company (20% or so).
Medicare has a $32.4T unfunded liability through 2082. On top of this, according to the <href=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/business/retirementspecial/02health.html?_r=2&ref=health) more doctors
