A Doctor Delivers Bad News--today's LA Times.

[Warren Stupidity]

45. lets unpack that derp, 'kay?

1. They would object to having their doctors retire and not being replaced.

There is no evidence that "their doctors would retire" if we switched to a single payer system. Other countries have done this and and there was no mass retirement of doctors, nor do they have a shortage of doctors. So that rates a solid "derp".

2. And most of these costs aren't being passed to the seniors -- they're being paid for by the government and are why the budget for Medicare is ballooning.

Wait, what? Under the current system "medicare (costs) are ballooning". Yes that's true, but we don't have a single payer regulated healthcare system. The system we have is driven by profits and collusion between government and industry to maintain those profits. Other countries regulate healthcare as a public good and keep their per-capita costs at around half of what we spend while providing measurably superior services.

Oh and by the way Part B premium rates are going up in 2016, part of the cost inflation under the current system is getting pushed onto those least able to afford it.

Again, a solid "derp".