From my standpoint, if you're looking at how to fix Medicare, you've got to look at the root cause of problem.
I would call it a fiscal crisis. You know, it is a slow moving train running right at us.
Nobody knows what anything costs in healthcare.
We're spending $1.9 trillion more this year than we did just four years ago.
My concern about government regulated transparency, it'll be fudged.
If we're going to plus up those benefits, we're going to need revenue out of the general fund.
One thing we shouldn't be doing is ever talking about doing anything to reduce the benefits of Medicare and Social Security.
I would argue it--it obviously, hasn't made a dent because we still have climate change alarmists.
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...
If we don't get the budget in control, is our interest expenses going to come down?
So just to make the point.