I agree with you. Fat government "Hogs" are hard to feed.
And what people don't realize is that during the "Clinton" era, many health procedures covered by medicare were cut, yet premiums increased.
I seriously considered medical school some time ago but decided against it because I had seen, as a R.N., that it would be the insurance companies that would be deciding the care for the patients, not me.
Where I live there is one organization that CONTROLS the health care. You are either with them, or you you dont work.
Talk about bloated! We have a prime example of it here.
And there is another factor to be considered:
Even though FR has tons of naysayers, even they have to admit that the bulk of the SS baby boomer money has yet to be printed.
We're talking about HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS, if not TRILLIONS of dollars that will hit the streets.
And when you have way, way more dollars chasing the same amount of goods and services, the result is ALWAYS the same.
Inflation.
On a massive scale.