Tag: Medicare
Let me put my biases on the table. First, I like the Medicare program as currently structured and am delighted at any news that costs are growing more slowly. Second, changes were needed to the health care system to get costs under control, and I hope and expect the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to hav…
If we don’t want to cut programs, then we need big tax increases The U.S. fiscal challenge is pretty straightforward. Revenues in 2012 equal 16 percent of our nation’s output and spending (excluding interest) is 22 percent. Deficit spending makes sense in a weak economy, but even once the economy recovers revenues will fall short…
