Leadership in the 21st Century

Another example of Congress' inability to solve just about any significant problem is the payment to doctors serving Medicare patients. At the end of this month, the payments made to these doctors will be cut by 21%. This makes absolutely no sense and will eventually result in a growing number of doctors being unwilling to treat Medicare patients.

Congress is unwilling or unable to modify the legislation demanding this cut because it will increase the budget deficit. Cancelling the cuts will cost $276 billion over the next ten years. Gee, if we cut the defense budget by a few percent a year it would amount to a heck of a lot more than $276 billion over ten years. Wouldn't that be the smart thing to do?