“Beware of magical solutions - and one-size-fits-all ideological agendas - like the idea that free markets can solve all our problems. When you think about it, it’s just as silly as the idea that government can fix everything.”

“…I’m no fan of President Obama’s health-care “reform,” which is long on regulations and short on common sense… But Ryan’s Medicare proposal is even more skewed than Obamacare. … [His] Medicare proposal is getting lots of buzz, instead of getting what anyone familiar with the real world would have given it from the start: a big Bronx cheer.”

• Allan Sloan, Sr. Editor, Fortune Magazine, from his column in today’s Washington Post.

Find Mr. Sloan’s full article “Medicare debate reminds us: Empowering people is great, but protect them first” here:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/medicare-debate-reminds-us-empowering-people-is-great-but-protect-them-first/2011/04/12/AFWWwRdD_story.html