One, the private costs are off the chart with regard to our peers, but the government spending is just "more than average". but more than average is presented as being just as bad as the outlier we are in the first case.

Two, medicare is responsible for the most expensive health years of a person's life. The time when our bodies just start to fall apart and require a lot of specialized care. Medicare's cost controls seem really good when their youngest clients are 65. Comparing their costs to a private company, who insures working adults, seems like a shallow analysis.