most of the comparable countries 1/2 on amuch as 1/3 to per capita basis. the outcomes are not worse, they are better in terms of the statistics i have seen. the longevity of people as they approached 70 and how many years they will have after 70. we have the highest quality medical care, but it is not distributed in a way that will remain acceptable to the american people at this stage in the game. -- the issueasons is not why or how we got to this point. the fundamental point is that the government has forever underestimated the cost of staying healthy. when lyndon johnson signed medicare into law in 1960 five, it was estimated to cost $12 billion by 1990. the actual price tag was 110 billion. this year it is estimated that $600 billion. i could go through medicare part a and medicare part b. we're going to look at a level of cost that will create a huge backlash in the country. we will have to find ways to reduce the burden on the government and on our people. fromting on payments people with higher incomes are assets and raising the medicare that is popu