1-Mitt Romney is not a viable option for the presidential candidacy for any person who is truly a conservative.
2~Medicare is hugely popular?!?! With whom is it popular and for what reason do the "whom's" think that it is popular? My mother-in-law has blood work done every month with the bill being over $200 and Medicare only pays the lab $11. She is of the generation that was happy to go with the "Medicare in my future" plan/social experiment. However, she is not far gone enough to wonder how the lab can afford to remain in operation with that piddly reimbursement. A physician friend of mine lost close to 20% of his annual revenue at his family practice office just because of reductions in reimbursement. How can he afford to take on anymore Medicare patients! He is not an extravagant man either! Also, I have paid into the Medicare system all my working life, but I would have preferred to been able to keep my money and tried my own "XXX in my future" plan/experiment. But that freedom to choose was taken from me long before I ever got my first job. Anyway, I am a little confused how the blanket statement can be made about the popularity of Medicare...."cool: