Good info from people smarter than me: Medicare

Here's one from experts at the Concord Coalition, the nonpartisan budget watchdog group.

Contrary to popular belief and Michele Bachmann, the previously inaccurately described "death panels" are not, cannot cut Medicare, but can and are needed to offer a promising way to curb health care costs and inefficiency.

Here's a solid article by Joshua Gordon of Concord Coalition showing these kind of "advisory" groups are often useful and key to solving big problems but are demagogued away by politicians.