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America's health care system certainly has its share of problems — of which most emanate from politicians' tinkering, tempting frustrated consumers with promises of better benefits at someone else's expense.
So the prospect of President Obama and Congress remaking American health care in their own image should scare the pants off anyone who looks not merely at the existing problems but at government's abysmal record as a problem-solver.
Since last November, Obama and Congress have operated in crisis mode. They hastily passed a stimulus bill that still hasn't stimulated — only to be subsequently embarrassed by provisions that no one, except...
Mr. President, First Heal Medicare
Their costs are so low because all they do is pay claims - period. There are no pre-authorizations required. If the codes on the claim are on their "covered list", they pay it. No questions asked. They do sporadic, unannounced site visits to providers to ensure the provider sending the claims are valid. That's it.
They were a little...