[PBzeer]

Better recheck your figures sck. While it's true that Medicare spends a lower percent overall, it spends a HIGHER percent, per patient. The thing that makes Medicare LOOK like it's spending less is that it draws from a larger pool to get the figures.

So while it makes a great talking point, it doesn't bear up under scrutiny. And when you add in the NEW bureaucracies that will be established under either the House or Senate plans, how long do you think even those illusionary "savings" will last?

And don't forget, their main vehicle to cut costs will be "cost effectiveness". Need a hip replacement (common among older folks)? Well, since you're already at the end of life expectancy, we just can't let you have that procedure. It wouldn't be cost effective. In other words, the choice won't be made on YOUR quality of life, but on what some bureaucrat decides is best for the system.