July 5, 2011 9:07AM 

# ‘Medicare Gives Very Good Health Care Very Inefficiently’ 

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

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[Chuck Schumer](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/05/us/05deficit.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all) is [half](https://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa642.pdf) [right](https://www.cato.org/store/books/medicare-meets-mephistopheles-hardback).

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[Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics), [Health Care](https://www.cato.org/health-care) 

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