Interesting article from Slate about how changes in Medicare compensation have driven up the costs of health care for everyone else.
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2012/01/american_health_care_is_already_socialized_.html
In summary Medicare significantly underpays hospitals for the cost of their services, thus hospitals need to charge a higher rate to private insurance companies and individuals so they can stay in business. So yeah its really just one giant hidden tax. I have no problem with wealth redistribution via taxation, just redistribution via hidden taxation.
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