What else is there to say?

Ezra Klein posts an interesting graph showing that cost increases, not demographics, will the biggest factor in pushing up Medicare spending to unsustainable levels. This is why we need a government funded system, modeled along France's, that can control these costs. If we don't get a comprehensive government program to provide healthcare for the elderly, their medical care could well bankrupt the nation.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2007/10/what-else-is-there-to-say/2174/