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You’ll know when it happens.

[M. Dodge Thomas]

SNAP (”Food Stamps”) is not what’s breaking the bank (its around 2.1%, expected to go to around 2.2% in 2014, declining to around 2.0% by 2020.

Even if you include all “safety-net” spending (excluding Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP) it’s around 13%, and is projected to decline slightly by 2020.

The first stage of the “crash” (actually, a “slide”) kicks in about 2 years out as a result of Medicare and Medicaid costs.

And that’s not just a problem of “Government Spending”, it’s a systemic, cost-driven crisis in the entire health care system.

If you want to learn more about this, I recommend:

“Healthcare Beyond Reform: Doing It Right for Half the Cost”

http://www.amazon.com/Healthcare-Beyond-Reform-Doing-Right/dp/1466511214/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352558983&sr=1-1&keywords=joe+flower

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You’ll know when it happens.

Yep - and you better be armed when they realize that the cow has been eaten and only the stinking carcass remains...