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The article offers information on the U.S. Medicare program. It mentions that ever since the program was signed into law by former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965, it has been incurring cash deficits every year except 1966 and 1974. According to the 2012 Trustees Report, Medicare reported a cash shortfall of 288.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2011. It suggests that the program needs a structural reform and sample computations are provided.

In this article, the author reflects on the factors that will hinder the success of the 18-member bipartisan commission formed by President Barack Obama to reduce budget deficit.

The author comments on reporter Laura Meckler's "Wall Street Journal" article on John McCain's economic plans. He says that the report was an attack in the guise of a news article. He argues that Meckler's conclusions derive directly from her assumptions but facts are either forgotten or downplayed.

Discusses the increasing number of U.S. citizens who lack health insurance, as of February 2004. Measures used to determine the uninsured population; Results of an analysis of the uninsured population in 1998 by the U.S. Congressional Budget Office; Information on the number and percentage of the uninsured in the U.S. from 2001 to 2002, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Reports on the concern in the United States over health care. Cost to employers of providing health benefits; Difficulty of self-employed workers and small businesses in purchasing health insurance; Comparing wage and salary workers who switched to self-employment and those who did not; Types of people who place a high value on their insurance.

The article presents the survey by the American Action Forum as of late February 2016, which showed that majority of Americans favor an amendment to the Dodd-Frank Act. The survey also showed that majority of respondents think that the financial crisis is due to misguided federal policy and that majority of Americans are unfamiliar with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act.