One of the primary reasons for justifying a total makeover of our Healthcare system is that we can save 500 billion by reducing Medicare fraud and abuse. People may consider me simplistic, but if there are such abuses right now, why don't we go after those who are committing such abuse? Do we really need to include that amount to justify such a sweeping change of the system?

We can correct that problem without any additional laws or regulations so why are we told that only a total healhcare reform will solve it? The reason is that by considering the reduction in the abuse as part of the reform, we can subtract that from the true cost of the various bills before Congress. Since we can correct the problem today with no additional laws, the true cost of the reform bill is 1.7 Trillion.

Whether or not you agree with the current proposals, let us be honest with the math. If any of you really believe that the government will save money or cut costs on anything, please raise your hand....OK, that doesn't work well on line, so I will determine that 77% of you did not raise your hand. It's my blog; I can make up what I want. That's the beauty of the Internet.

TVP                  tvp@dyingforinsurance.com