A sad way to start the year

Here is a post from NRO that was truly significant.
The cost of a drug over the value of a patient is all too common now.
That is just from State limited and controlled insurance.
We all expect it will improve enormously when the Federalés take over all our health care needs.

 NRO Media Blog 1-5-2010

Memo to Tom Brokaw  [Guy Benson]

Ed Morrissey takes anchor-emeritus Tom Brokaw to task for offering fatuous advice regarding health-care reform on Meet the Press. Brokaw first conflates Medicare with Medicaid, then he urges the federal government to adopt a model similar to Oregon's public-health program:

I'd humbly suggest that Mr. Brokaw review my December post to discover some of the, um, shortcomings of Oregon's government-centric paradigm. In short: it's unaffordable and it rations care. If a visit to NRO proves a tad distasteful to the patriarch of NBC News, he can simply read the New York Times article that effectively rebuts his argument. Or, as Ed says, he could have a chat with Barbara Wagner:

01/05 12:45 AM