by Karl Denninger
Market-Ticker.org
Yes, you’re going to die.
We all will die.
We have some choice as to how and where, but not the final outcome. That’s known in advance.
We have heard for decades about how “terrible” this part of medical care this or that might be. That administrative overhead has grown here, there, and everywhere. That cost is going up due to this, that or whatever.
The latest screamfest is about MACRA and claims that it will “destroy” Medicare doctor choice. Like so many claims before it this one centers on trying to get you buy into the idea that all these “great plans” are really about pushing Grandma, in a wheelchair, down the stairs — or off the cliff, as Democrats have repeatedly charged.