Johnathon S. Ross, MD, Toledo Blade, August 8, 2010 Medicare, which just turned 45, is a uniquely American program that should have been the model for health reform: no overwhelming bills, no denial of services, no limitations on what hospital patients can use or what doctor they can see. But instead of expanding and improving Medicare, Congress has added a third floor to a house with a crumbling foundation - our private, for-profit, insurance-based system of financing health care. ... Medicare