Context agrees---health institutions and funding are distinct from social security.
Paul R. Krugman 5, American economist who is the Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and a columnist for The New York Times, “Ailing Health Care,” Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future, First edition, W. W. Norton & Company, 04/11/2005, pp. 46–48
Those of us who accuse the administration of inventing a Social Security crisis are often accused, in return, of do-nothingism, of refusing to face up to the nation’s problems. I plead not guilty: America does face a real crisis —but it’s in health care, not Social Security.
Well-informed business executives agree. A recent survey of chief financial officers at major corporations found that 65 percent regard immediate action on health care costs as “very important.” Only 31 percent said the same about Social Security reform.
But serious health care reform isn’t on the table, and in the current political climate it probably can’t be. You see, the health care crisis is ideologically inconvenient.