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Questioning health care

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: July 17, 2009

The Obama administration is promoting health care reform under the premise that reform will reduce health care costs and hasten our economic recovery. Yet, according to news reports, there is nothing in the health care bill concerning the reduction of costs. If the administration is serious about reducing costs, the bill should address that issue.

It might be useful to examine Medicare in order to evaluate the government's ability to manage health care in a cost-effective manner. Medicare is operating at a loss, and it will be insolvent within a few years. If the government cannot contain health care costs for those 65 years of age and older, how will it contain costs for the entire population?

The health care bill is reportedly more than 1,000 pages. If it does not address reducing costs, just what does it address?

R.J. MCDARBY

Valrico

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