We agree on the problem here. The problem is health inflation is driving us off of a fiscal cliff. Mr. President you said health-care reform is budget reform. Youre right. Medicare right now has a $38 trillion unfunded liability. Thats $38 trillion in empty promises to my parents generation our generation our kids generation. Its suffocating states budgets. Its adding trillions in obligations that we have no means to pay for."
Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) Ranking Republican House Budget Committee
