Lieberman pushing for big Medicare cuts

Here's a thought.

Losers like Lieberman were against the public option, which was our single best chance at bringing health care costs down in this country.  And now he's got the nerve to join a Republican, no less, in complaining that health care costs are too high?  Seriously, Joe?  And his solution isn't to actually fix the outrageously spiraling health care costs in this country, no, it's to cut Medicare spending.

Now, I'm not necessarily opposed to rich people paying their fair share for Medicare coverage.  But can we please stop beating around the bush and pretending that our problem is that we spend too much on health care.  We spend too much because we're being charged too much.  And we're charged too much for a lot of reasons, including our litigious nature, and the outright greed of pharmaceutical companies and the overall health care industry in this country.

I'm self-employed.  I pay 100% of my own health care premiums, and they're not cheap.  If ever move to another state, I lose my health care and have to start over again with a much pricier plan, (unless health care reform fixed that little glitch, and of course I have no idea if it has because God forbid anyone make an ongoing effort to educate the American people about what HCR really does).  I have no idea if I'm going to be able to afford my premiums up until the time Medicare kicks in, and if it takes a few more years to kick in, because they up the age of eligibility, things could be even worse.

So let's stop talking about how much we can cut from Medicare, and how high we should raise the age of eligibility.  Please move the focus back to our absurdly expensive system and how it can be fixed.