There's no question that you've seen charts like this before.
This one is from Paul Ryan. The point he makes is that if we
don't get our spending on Medicare under control, the economy
will be overwhelmed by government debt, and that a Greek-like
future is sure to be in the cards.Debt GDP paul ryan  Now all
charts are quite this dramatic looking, but you get the point.
We're supposedly HOSED unless we don't come up with a scheme
soon to cut healthcare spending on America's seniors.  But as
economist James Galbraith tells Business Insider, the charts
contain an inherent, internal flaw.  First of all, he notes that
they're not actually macroeconomic forecasts, but baselines done
by the CBO, so they can asses the budgetary impact of a given
law.  But there's another reason why the charts are inherently
flawed. They assume a scary trajectory in healthcare inflation
going out years. But if that were to happen, then healthcare
would grow to a gigantic share of GDP, and take on a growing
share of the CPI, and that w