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To: TimF who wrote (539904)	12/31/2009 5:17:45 PM
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Apparently its the only major US federal government health care program that came in under budget projections, with the others costing well above projections (of course its still early, if the program does survive cost could start increasing faster). The problem, I think, is not so much that the program as it stands will become a fiscal crisis; rather, it is the fact that it will be modified by Congress to do more, become bloated, and eventually, be like the rest of the programs. The current pending legislation is the first step in the process. I would oppose the passage of Part D today even more than I did at the time, having considered it in light of the current legislation. It is just further evidence that any such program amounts to a camel's nose under the tent, and that new social programs should be avoided if at all possible -- even if they seem fiscally reasonable at the time -- given a few years, Congress will destroy even the best such program.