Fact Based List:

How Much Each Group is Trusted a Great Deal to Make Proposals About Ways to Reduce Medicare Spending and Keep the Program Sustainable in the Future

  1. An independent panel of fullā€time experts appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate 15%
  2. The federal agency that now runs Medicare 8%
  3. Congress 8%
  4. Private health insurance companies 7%

Source: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll, June 2011, Kaiser Family Foundation
Source URL: http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/upload/8202-F.pdf