He
cited one stat that claimed Tenncare was taking a full third of the state
budget.
I'm thinking it's more like: if the reforms are not put into place it
would soon take 1/3 of the budget to fund it. But even that isn't so
remarkable. Tennessee is a small state population wise, and the state
government doesn't get involved in a lot of things that take money. We have
no state income tax. So even 1/3 the budget isn't as much as one might
think.
But you are very correct on one thing, if social medicine is going to work
(and I think it is inevitable), there are going to have to be serious
constraints on it.