June 6, 2011 1:25PM 

# That’s Not Healthy: Even Krugman Admits Medicare Is a Lousy Program 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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From today’s health care news:

- Paul Krugman gets Medicare vouchers [all wrong](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/06/opinion/06krugman.html?_r=1), but at least he begins with the premise that Medicare is a lousy program.
- The invaluable web site [Health​News​Re​view​.org](http://www.healthnewsreview.org/blog/2011/05/news-release-precedes-release-of-evidence-on-new-cell-phonebrain-cancer-warning.html) dings the World Health Organization for announcing that cell phones may cause cancer without simultaneously releasing the evidence on which they base that conclusion.
- Ryan Lizza thinks RomneyCare’s health insurance Exchange is a “[deregulated online marketplace](http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/06/06/110606fa_fact_lizza).”

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