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

During 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 [...]

Source: http://thinkprogress.org/health/2011/06/13/243210/rick-santorum-medicare-private-insurance-cost/

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