>"Best be thinking about how to get conservatives elected as Republicans..."<
The Medicare prescription drug plan was brought about by Republicans, signed by a Republican President.
The total unfunded liability of Medicare Part D is $16.6 trillion. Medicare now has a total unfunded liability of 61.6 trillion:
http://www.ncpa.org/prs/tst/2005/20050217tst.html "Taking all three parts of Medicare together we owe the current generation a total of $29.2 trillion and future generations will add another $32.5 trillion to this obligation. Thus, the total Medicare debt is a staggering $61.6 trillion."
http://www.ncpa.org/prs/tst/2005/20050217tst.html
What has the Republican party done to address this issue?