But Medicare Works Like a Charm!!

“While statistics are not available for the D.C. region, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission reported last week that nearly 30 percent of the 2.6 million Medicare beneficiaries seeking a new primary care physician between September 2007 and October 2008 had trouble finding one, up from 25 percent in 2005. To encourage primary care doctors to accept new Medicare patients, the commission recommended to Congress in June that it increase payments to those practitioners by redistributing payments for specialized care."

December 9, 2008, Washington Post.

Over the years, more and more doctors have refused to see Medicare patients because of the low payments.

Anecdotal evidence supports the model shown by the "Cash for clunkers" program that payment from Medicare is so slow that it endangers the businesses of those who accept it.

Finally, it is well known that Medicare is going broke and its going broke faster and faster.

The government health insurance option, much less single payer option, defies logic. It cannot be about universal health care alone because it is simply unsupportable on that basis.