[Eric Pode of Croydon]

There is an awful lot of bitching about Berwick here on FR.

But I don't see many alternative plans to cut Medicare spending.

Sooner or later, we will have to cut down Medicare benefits to a good deal less than they are now. Many services now covered by Medicare will have to be paid for out of pocket.

Any conservative candidate who claims otherwise is a liar, and a coward.

[verity]

I agree with you completely.

Affordability is a factor that cannot be ignored.

[muawiyah]

There are two sorts of expenditures ~ those of a palliative nature and those of a life and death nature.

This guy is starting out with the life and death stuff ~ and so are you.

It's not at all the position to take if you want the rest of us to trust you.