Medicare has only a 3% administrative overhead, the rest goes to providers. Subsidizing peoples premiums to insurance companies (proposed as part of alternative to public option) would mean government subsidizing the additional overhead for the profits of private insurance companies. Not a good way to spend tax dollars.

If it's all part of his master plan then perhaps this is designed to wake up the left to start clamoring for what we want so we don't get drowned out by the naysayers.

Insurance companies goal: Increasing profits year after year
Method: Increasing premiums, decreasing coverage
Where does this road lead?

Those who oppose socialized medicine oppose medicare, you can't have it both ways.

Personally I think the link between the anti-government healthcare sentiments and the logical conclusion that they are against medicare need to be heavily stressed, put them on the defensive and make them explain why they thing Medicare should go (unpopular) or why they think Medicare should stay (supporting govt. healthcare). Time to play some hardball.

Kudos to whoever it was that unearthed it.

You can create any scenario you want, let your victim know what you want to hear and then torture them until they say it. It's the Cheney way to push a neo-con foreign policy objective, in this case a war with Iraq.