HealthCare Notes

6/13/11

Memo To GOP: Medicare Is Better At Controlling Costs Than Private Insurers

Memo To GOP: Medicare Is Better At Controlling Costs Than Private Insurers: "pDuring yesterday’s appearance on Meet the Press, Rick Santorum regurgitated this nugget of Republican conventional wisdom: “We need a more comprehensive plan where seniors and individuals are involved in controlling costs. And you have government now controlling well over 50 percent of medical care, and they’re not doing a very good job controlling costs.” The [...]/p"