I’m just asking, but when push comes to shove, that’s what we’re talking about, isn’t it?  Is that the one-page PowerPoint summary slide?

If so, doesn’t that push total entitlements to around 50% of the budget?

Let’s say for a moment that that’s the plan.  If the real driving force behind the reform push is to make quality care available to those who don’t have it, do that.  Let the government build a program for that segment, just like they did with Medicare and Medicaid.

Is it not easier to design a program for 45 million people than one for 350 million?