Rick Santorum spouting crap, as usual. (Bryan Snyder/Reuters)
Rick Santorum wants to go even further than just
privatizing Medicare:
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says he not only supports privatizing Medicare, but wants to eliminate the agency that oversees the program.
Santorum said in an interview with CNN on Wednesday that private-sector competition should supplant the government's role in healthcare.
"You want the private sector out there competing, driving down costs, improving efficiency," Santorum said. "You want to get rid of this—of CMS [the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services], where government basically micromanages all healthcare through Medicare and Medicaid."
Never mind that Medicare as it exists does drive down costs and provide efficiency, and that Medicare spending is not only slowing, but the rate of increase in Medicare spending is three times lower than in private insurance.
Not that, you know, facts, will make a difference to Santorum.