Remember Medicare Part D?

You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment
 in length, in weight or in measure

 Leviticus 19:35

If federal budget figures indicated Medicare Part D
would cost more than $1.2 trillion between 2006 and 2015
why did supporters repetitively proclaim the program
would not cost more than $400 billion over ten years?

Did ~86% of fiscal 2004’s $11.1 trillion
federal unfunded future obligation growth
reflect the long term costs of 2003’s prescription Medicare legislation?

When spider webs unite,
they can tie up a lion.

Ethiopian proverb

If the Veterans’ administration can haggle for lower drug prices
why can't the government negotiate for Medicare part D?

I will prescribe regimens for the good of my patients,
…and never do harm to anyone.
 
In every house where I come,
I will enter only for the good of my patients,
keeping myself far from all intentional ill-doing.

Hippocratic Oath

Would healthcare cost less
if medical insurance wasn’t subsidized by tax breaks
and regulated pricing mechanisms?

Did the largest generation of parents in American history
promise themselves healthcare benefits
their children won’t have enough money to pay for?

How much should taxpayers pay for medical costs
to extend the life of a terminal patient for 3 months?