If this continues, this will be transformational

[cally]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/03/bending_the_curve_downward.php?ref=fpblg

Medicare costs are trending down and for the first time are expected to rise more slowly than GDP largely due to Obamacare!!! The entire premise of the Ryan budget plan, cutting benefits more just went out the window but of course, this gets little coverage.

Bending the Curve

Tantalizing new evidence suggests that one of the constants of American politics — namely, that Medicare costs are on an ever-steepening upward curve that threaten the fiscal solvency of the federal government — may not be so constant after all. Sahil Kapur assesses the political implications of some new numbers.

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Hush, don't tell the GOP.

[surrealAmerican]

2. k & r

Of course, the Republicans will not let facts get in the way of their propaganda, and will continue to push for their "solution", even if the problem doesn't exist.

[canoeist52]

3. Or it could be that

Seniors can't afford their prescriptions and co-pays anymore and have given up on their health.

"one key reason cost growth has slowed has nothing to do with policy or innovation, but rather that the economy has been depressed for years." http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/03/how-the-affordable-care-act-could-quash-the-gops-dream-of-medicare-privatization.php?ref=fpa