Reply #25: Do you think a Republican House will do that?

[EFerrari]

Tweaking Medicare, which has been done over and over, may be a good idea but it's not clear to me that this is the time to do it. And just like DADT for President Clinton, there is a danger in the "we'll fix it later" posture.

If there is significant fraud and abuse from providers, I'd like to see what is being done about enforcement before anyone moves on to change the funding because as it is, pharmacies have to wait up to two years to be paid (which makes it hard for anyone but the big chains to deal with Medicare), and doctors have an awful time getting paid the little that they get and many won't even take it because they can't afford to.