Thought Rationing

Two weeks ago, President Obama offered to cut several hundred billion more dollars out of the Medicare and Medicaid budget to help make room for health care reform. This sort of gesture ought to appeal to conservatives, right? Apparently not. The Heritage Foundation warned, "At a time when Medicare is dangerously close to bankruptcy, it is shortsighted to funnel funds into the creation of another government-run program instead of shoring up Medicare." A ... Full Story »

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Patricia Blochowiak
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by Patricia Blochowiak - Jul. 12, 2009

While I agree with virtually everything in this story, I don't see the evidence behind it, making it poor journalism.

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