Allowing Medicare buy-in for caregivers of Medicare beneficiaries, or tax credits for caregivers' medical expenses, could ease their financial burden.

We provide the plans to Medicare beneficiaries that they want.

Common sense tells us that the government's attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us that a top-down, one-size-fits-all plan will not improve the workings of a nationwide health-care system that accounts for one-sixth of our economy.

The whole purpose of this drug benefit was to get drug coverage in the hands of all Medicare beneficiaries. Where are the people? That's the question.

It's important to keep in mind that these tax credits are credits against Dell tax payments that wouldn't exist without significant investment from Dell. In the case of North Carolina, it's a performance basis. Dell doesn't get tax credits unless we meet job creation targets. . . . That's good for Dell and good for North Carolina.

Arbitrary caps on Medicare will mean that providers or beneficiaries will have to make up the difference through lower payment rates or higher cost sharing.