[quote=ocrenter]
btw, not counting surgeries, over 90% of the hospital inpatient service at any given time is devoted to the 80+ population. lot’s of them frequent bounce backs.[/quote]

How’s that compare to say, UK, France, Germany?

Also, what’s the split on surgery versus other visits?

There’s great irony that Americans scream about socialized medicine, yet scream bloody murder at the hint of touching medicare.

I don’t understand why Politicians simply don’t just look at someone screaming socialism and say, what do social security is? Medicare?