We're spending $1.9 trillion more this year than we did just four years ago.
I think it is very important to every state, but clearly my state that we don't see a reduction in benefits for Social security and Medicare...
I appreciate that. So just to make the point.
Unfortunately, in healthcare, only about 10 cents of every dollar is paid by the patient and 90 cents is paid by somebody else.
I think also you need to separate healthcare costs in terms of the catastrophic costs that need insurance and the non-catastrophic that peop...
I would argue it--it obviously, hasn't made a dent because we still have climate change alarmists.
From my standpoint, if you're looking at how to fix Medicare, you've got to look at the root cause of problem.
one thing we shouldn't be doing is ever talking about doing anything to reduce the benefits of Medicare and Social Security.
if we continue to run $2 trillion a year deficits the interest--interest costs for not just us--not just for the Federal debt, but for buyin...
If we're going to plus up those benefits, we're going to need revenue out of the general fund.