A couple of excerpts from The Speech
… we’ve estimated that most of this plan can be paid for by finding savings within the existing health care system – a system that is currently full of waste and abuse….
Now, because Medicare is such a big part of the health care system, making the program more efficient can help usher in changes in the way we deliver health care that can reduce costs for everybody….
Reducing the waste and inefficiency in Medicare and Medicaid will pay for most of this plan….
Here’s a thought. Following the common-sense logic (as well as political wisdom) of controlling our borders before launching current illegals on a path to citizenship, why not start right now imposing all that efficiency and cost-saving on Medicare and Medicaid? All that saved money could then, well, be put in a “lockbox” like the Social Security funds and, once it has grown to a trillion dollars or so it could then be spent on Obama’s ambitious shiny new plan!
Oh, wait….
