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hipparchia commented on the blog post Will Accountable Care Organizations Really Reduce Health Care Costs?
i’m not sure what you mean to be saying, but
– medicare spent a TOTAL of $502 billion in 2009, which paid for health care for more than 40 million people
– medicaid spent a TOTAL of $394 billion in 2009, which paid for health care for about another 40-50 million people
http://www.cms.gov/NationalHealthExpendData/25_NHE_Fact_Sheet.asp
yes, some of that money was spent on ‘waste, fraud, and abuse’ but most of it went to pay for medical care for the elderly and the disabled, our two most expensive groups healthcare-wise.
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hipparchia commented on the diary post Caturday by SouthernDragon.
thanks. they never live long enough, do they?
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hipparchia commented on the diary post Caturday by SouthernDragon.
thanks, reader. yes, it was sure easy to tell when curmudgeon cat approved – or disaprroved! – of anything.
and yes, thank you, sd.
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hipparchia commented on the diary post Caturday by SouthernDragon.
sd: “I only wish my writing skills were better than they are.” if you’re going to change the way you write, i hope you do so in some other venue. i love the voice and style you’ve developed with your tiger stories here. … and thus was born the crazy cat man … it’s always so [...]
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hipparchia commented on the diary post Caturday by SouthernDragon.
oh dear, sd, i’m so sorry! my condolences to everybody.
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hipparchia commented on the blog post Why the Bowles-Simpson Social Security Recommendations Aren’t Adequate
but I’m somewhat sensitive to adding a new 6% burden to the upper middle class.
i can’t think of any good reason to be sensitive about that. none.
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hipparchia commented on the blog post Why the Bowles-Simpson Social Security Recommendations Aren’t Adequate
undocumented workers are contributing an estimated $7 billion per year to medicare and social security.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/05/business/05immigration.html
