Overall, the above interview is very good. However, Schumer says too blithely that sure there is waste in Medicare. He should never say such things without pointing out that one of the biggest wastes was put in there (probably at the insistence of Replubicans). That waste is the 15% subsidy over the normal cost of Medicare to give incentives to private insurers to take responsibility for the benefits for some Medicare recipients. This wasteful policy (which is a good deal for the recipients so I am enrolled) is called Medicare Advantage.

If the government is going to give some people an unfair advantage and I am qualified, I am going to take it. I play by the rules even when I don’t think the rules are fair. I’d prefer the rules to be changed so that they are fair. I can adjust.