Quote Originally Posted by Veldan Rath View Post
Because we (read the political hacks we elect) politicize EVERYTHING, (see Terry Schivo and the poor kid the got shot fiasco now) so getting majorities from BOTH houses AND getting the POTUS to sign on is f-ing laughable at best.
Great, then it'll be more difficult for that sort of politics to influence medicine. There're data from decades of thorough research into medicare to help guide the board in making recommendations for how to rein in costs. Everyone's yelling about death panels and blocking miracle-cures, as if those are the only conceivable solutions to the problem of increasing medicare costs.