tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post5511272397137426469..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: Health Care's Dangerous PoliticsDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-68283144064132128952010-08-16T16:47:02.194-05:002010-08-16T16:47:02.194-05:00Medicare is not sustainable at current tax rates, ...Medicare is not sustainable at current tax rates, and is distorting healthcare in toxic ways. Medicare requires hospitals and doctors to accept the Medicare reimbursement as the entire payment for treatment, at below the cost of treatment. The hospitals don't want to turn away those patients, so they cost-shift the loss into higher prices for the insured. Critics then claim that "the Andrew_M_Garlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02855052302054611917noreply@blogger.com