[Excaliber]

Anthony it sounds like you are saying the OMB are clueless, it's their numbers, their math, not mine.

Fair enough, you don't believe the numbers or the calculations. Myself, I won't dismiss them out of hand. But as the OMB has made clear, it is extremely difficult to forecast these numbers so far into the future. So there is reason for doubt. Savings on Medicare is only a part of the overall calculations. Increased taxes also play a roll. As well as a larger number of people buying into the system.

Personally I think the best way to save money on Medicare is to more aggresively go after fraud, which is rampant. Factoring in fraud would constitute a HUGE inefficency within Health Care. I would say more than the proposed 33%.