Why Forget the Elephant?

In the dark of a Friday night before a long weekend, the Administration proposed a non-solution to exploding health care costs - raise premiums on those in Medicare. Unfortunately, this ignores the elephant in the room, the entire health care system needing reform. I've written about this a dozen times, but the entire health care system need attention and is the cause for the explosion in Medicare spending.
Before completely dissing the proposal, there is some interesting stuff in the White House's proposal that are worth a look. Things like electronic medical records and paying doctors for quality, not quantity. These types of measures would be helpful in lowering costs in the entire health care system, not just Medicare.
Enough tiptoeing around the edges; it's time for a real solution on health care.