The Blob That Ate Everything

"The more people learn about the legislative blob slouching toward passage, the less they like it."  (KC Star - McClanahan)

33% of Health Care Costs Are Due to Waste

Reuters provides an annual breakdown of the inefficiencies:

* 37% ($200 to $300 billion):  Unnecessary care such as the overuse of antibiotics and lab tests to protect against malpractice exposure

* 22% ($200 billion):   Fraud.   Fraudulent Medicare claims, kickbacks for referrals for unnecessary services and other scams.

* 18% Administrative inefficiency and redundant paperwork

* 11% ($50 to $100 billion):  Medical mistakes. 

* 5% ($30 to $50 billion):  Preventable conditions such as uncontrolled diabetes.

Wouldn't it be great if somebody, anybody in the GOP stood up on their hind legs and rallied voters to their side on this one?   Cut waste first is a simple message that a majority of voters agree with.


Is anybody in the GOP smart enough to capitalize on growing public mistrust of this "legislative blob?"

After all, like many Democratic proposals, this medical monstrosity is fundamentally un-American, according to Arthur C. Brooks:

public resistance stems from the sense that the proposed reforms do violence to three core values of America's free enterprise culture: individual choice, personal accountability, and rewards for ambition.

If the GOP can't make an issue of this, they are through as a party. 

Reuters