Medicare deserves attention from DOGE and Congress

Peddled as a means of saving old people too poor to afford medical coverage in their declining years, Medicare is unsustainable.

The program is a good target for the Department of Government Efficiency ( DOGE ) and Congress to consider for replacement by alternatives that offer lower costs, more freedom, and better care.

" Medicare is junk insurance," the Cato Institute's Michael F. Cannon commented in 2022 .

Medicare spending is growing faster than the U.S. economy and gobbling up a greater share of the federal budget and GDP.

Holtz-Eakin : Under premium support insurers would bid for the right to provide a defined bundle of services to seniors.

He predicts that this proposal would result in savings totaling over $1.8 trillion in taxpayer costs over 10 years .