Neat, plausible, and wrong : the myth of health care unsustainability

Canadian Doctors for Medicare. [...] Neat,
Plausible,
and
Wrong:

. [...] L.
Mencken
warned
many
 years
 ago,
 “There
 is
 always
 an
 easy
 solution
 to
 every
human
problem
–
neat,
plausible,
and
wrong.”10
 
 The
Facts:

 Medicare
and
public
health
care
expenditures
are
not
growing
 rapidly.
Any
crisis
 in
health
care
 funding
has
nothing
to
do
with
Medicare.
The
costs
of
Medicare
–
medically
necessary
hospital
 and
physician
services
–
are
not
growing
significantly
a