Health care discussion on C-SPAN this evening

I've seen most of it, and have the rest on tape. So far, I have NEVER ONCE heard a "no comment" from any of the people interviewed, who included several physicians, hospital management, a CFO (who sure didn't look like most of the people you see interviewed on television - you will understand what I mean if you see her), and a Director of Nursing.

One thing that came up, over and over again, during the Q&A period was "Why can't we extend Medicare to everyone?" and they would always respond, "It sounds like a good idea, but we lose so much money on Medicare patients, the hospital would close on short order." They ALL said that Medicare only pays about 80% of what it costs to treat patients, and that's the case where I work too.