Lott on Healthcare
James Lott is Executive Vice President of the Hospital Association of Southern California
Expanding Medicare is not a responsible approach to health care reform (Dec 10, 2009, 3:19 PM PDT)
Summary: Medicare is vastly over-promised and under-funded. If it is to remain financially viable, the program needs contraction, not expansion. Congress should reject the Senate Democrat's plan to allow persons aged 55-64 to buy into Medicare.
Did You Know?
For 20 years, from 2011 to 2031, some 10,000 people will turn 65 every day. By 2030, the percentage of the population 65 and older will be almost double what it was in 2000.
