Originally Posted by Bill8

His statement may be badly formulated.

However, our seniors believe their medicare is a right. And our poor believe that their medicaid is a right.

So the formulation, while incorrect, follows an already established model.

The real question is, is controlling health care costs a legitimate government concern?

Outlaw medicare and medicaid, and half the feedback loop is broken. Go ahead, outlaw it, that's fine with me. But that's another thing that will never happen.

So the question is, why is it legitimate for government to pay ever spiraling amounts to private corporations for medicare and medicaid, and for the rest of us to pay ever spiraling rates to cover medical bankruptcies, but not legitimate for government to try to control those costs?