tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621026.post5890890072980991837..comments2024-03-29T06:05:04.162+01:00Comments on Robert's Stochastic thoughts: Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14455788499385673507noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621026.post-42785104644950027832010-03-29T19:01:13.452+02:002010-03-29T19:01:13.452+02:00Yes--
The bottom line is that Obama is redistrib...Yes--<br /> The bottom line is that Obama is redistributing income--as Leonhardt wrote recently in the NYT.<br /> For 30 years, we've been redistributing income upward; now he's reversing direction. <br /> And it's not just the tax on those earning over $200,000/250,000 He's also redistributing health care dollars--downwad. <br /> Medicare reform is all about squeezing waste out of the system by reducing overtreatment of the well-insured (including many on Medicare, esp those who have MediGap or Advantage) and using the money to cover the currently uninsured.<br /> The folks doing the Dartmouth reserach have always understood that they were addressing two major problems: While many Americans receive too little care, others receive too much heahlth care. <br /> And more care is not always better care. Those who are overtreated are, by definition, exposed to risk without benefit.maggiemaharhttp://www.healthbeatblog.orgnoreply@blogger.com