Agreed -- it would be very difficult politically, not that that matters in terms of which policies we should advocate. The drug lobbyists, for example, absolut

Agreed -- it would be very difficult politically, not that that matters in terms of which policies we should advocate. The drug lobbyists, for example, absolutely love Medicare. They prefer the government with its friendly politicians and bureaucrats "negotiate" the prices of drugs that the government subsidizes, rather than allow price discovery in a market system.