02786nam 2200589 a 450 991100489000332120251116174323.097866119054779781281905475128190547X9781933995359193399535197814337014121433701413(CKB)1000000000335471(EBL)285179(OCoLC)181845640(SSID)ssj0000302925(PQKBManifestationID)11235069(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000302925(PQKBWorkID)10274465(PQKB)11068162(MiAaPQ)EBC285179(Perlego)532493(EXLCZ)99100000000033547120060712d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMedicare meets Mephistopheles /David A. Hyman1st ed.Washington, D.C. Cato Institutec20061 online resource (162 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781930865907 1930865902 Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-130) and index.Dedications; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction: The Memorandum; PART I. MEDICARE AND THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS; 1. Abandon Hope All Ye Who Read Further; 2. Medicare Overview; 3. Avarice; 4. Gluttony; 5. Envy; 6. Sloth; 7. Lust; 8. Anger; 9. Vanity; 10. Undermining American Virtues; 11. The Threat of Exorcism; 12. Conclusion; PART II. EPILOGUE; 13. A Sacred Bond between the Generations?; Appendix A: Glossary; Appendix B: Abbreviations and Acronyms; Appendix C: Background Information on Medicare Parts A-D; Recommended Reading; Notes; Index; About the Author; Cato InstituteLet's say you're the devil, and you want to corrupt the American republic. How would you go about it? According to David Hyman, you might create something like Medicare, the federal health care program for the elderly. Hyman submits that Medicare may be the greatest trick the devil ever played. Medicare feeds on the avarice of doctors and other providers, turns seniors into health care gluttons, and makes regions of the United States green with envy over the dollars showered on other regions. The program exploits the sloth of government officials to increase the tax burden on workers and dragMedicarePopular worksMedicare368.4/2600973Hyman David A122161MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911004890003321Medicare meets Mephistopheles4534535UNINA