Sunday, May 29, 2011

Medicare: "Biggest Deficit Driver" or "Solution" to Economic Recovery? | Truthout

Medicare: "Biggest Deficit Driver" or "Solution" to Economic Recovery? | Truthout

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Medicare: "Biggest Deficit Driver" or "Solution" to Economic Recovery?
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Political actors in Washington and corporate media often bounce off each other as though in an echo chamber. So it was no surprise to hear NPR’s national political correspondent Mara Liasson refer to Medicare as the “biggest driver” of the deficit. Never mind that health care in general, at 1/6 of t...