http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2008/04/30/spotlight-health-and-human-service-secretary-michael-leavitt.aspxPerhaps setting the stage for political suicide, an active cabinet level Secretary took the rare step of speaking out as a government trustee and not as a government official. In a recent speech to right wing think tanks, Health and Human Services (HHSenCommunityServer 2007 SP1 (Build: 20510.895)http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2008/04/30/spotlight-health-and-human-service-secretary-michael-leavitt.aspx#1445Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:36:04 GMT0818fdd8-5679-476d-9536-9a7a82355f32:1445Concerned taxpayerI&#39;m going to assume sarcasm is the tone here when you say he provided &quot;extraordinary insight.&quot; The real problem with Medicare is that it wasn&#39;t designed for our elderly to live so long with so many chronic health care problems. Do we need to fix Medicare or do we need to get the American people to stop eating, smoking, and not exercising themselves into obesity, diabetes, heart disease?<img src="http://ohmygov.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1445" width="1" height="1">