We should rejoice and not complain. Every one of us has a relative, if not ourselves, who will benefit. I don't like how they tried to make it sound like it would be seamless and painless and people who complained about Medicare cuts were fools, but the main thing is there is something.

I wish it was tied to a couple of things..people behaving themselves so there were way fewer drug problems and crime, people realizing that having children out of wedlock is contributing mightily to poverty and social ills. I hope it gets tied to reforms in food stamps, with a small amount monthly alloted for free choice, junk food, bad for you stuff, and the majority of food stamps tied into actual nutritious food, such as WIC already does..a bit too restrictedly but it labels foods in markets as OK for WIC. This will improve the health of people subsisting on unhealthy foods, and will have to be tied to making food available in their neighborhoods.

And it is pretty clear what causes diabetes and resulting huge health mess..too many starches essentially...sugars also being a problem but most bad carbs come from too much starch...knock that down..get good information out to people and health problems will be reduced. THen money can be saved. I doubt it will be for a while and I am quite happy to pay more taxes as well as taxes on my good health insurance to help it along. mg