I think this is a shell game. The government may save some money but the rest of us will continue to pay through the nose, as well as make up the difference. The CBO sucks at math. They very rarely look at the big picutre. In this case it would be the additional costs shifted to people paying for private coverage from the Medicaid increase, either in higher state taxes or private insurance costs. Probably both.

By the second decade, Medicare will be bankrupt. This whole approach was an exercise in futility.  If private healthcare can't cover the healthiest portion of our demographics now, why do we keep heading down this road?

by sisco66 on 03/12/2010 06:32:47 PM EST