system. do i want people getting their care in emergency rooms? of course not. do i want to figure out cost containment measures? yes. do we need to do something about chronic care disease which in the long term saves this country billions of dollars. should we be reinvesting in public and community health? absolutely. to get there we have to have a productive debate about changes to medicare that are cost containment related and continue to support individuals to get the health care that they need. it is not about restricting benefits, about being smart about investments in the medicare over the long haul. so it s more than popular. this is a critical program in the united states. i think first of all we have to understand that medicare and medicaid and social security do not get us into this financial mess. right. we won t go into the wars, the home bust, the bush tax cuts. so now here s the idea. let s wait until people get oldest and sickest and the way