as president obama has saysid, t is a big drop ever of projected -- is a big driver of projected insolvency. but it does not a good -- it does not do a good job of policing fraud. it just shovels money out the door. that increase its total cost, so i just think that the caller is wrong about what a medicare base model would mean for the country's fiscal health. host: terry joins us on the democrats' line from chicago, illinois. caller: i just want to say that i believe in what the president is trying to do. if it was easy, it would have been done a long time ago. i have seen your guest several times, and he is definitely -- i will not say right wing, but anything that involves the president, you can believe that he will be in that position. he just made the comment about medicare, why the costs are high. but the president also address that he has a plan to overhaul medicare. tell the whole story. i love c-span, but i assume you have another guest coming on that will have a different view. but i will say, people, do not just take what he says literally because he tends to talk very negative