Why Does Fred Hiatt Say That Democrats Are Opposed to Giving Less Money to Drug Companies and Overpaid Medical Specialists?

For some reason Fred Hiatt thinks (or at least says) that Democrats are opposed to cutting the excessive payments that our health care system makes to many providers. In yet another column bemoaning the budget deficit, Hiatt told readers:

"Revenue will have to go up, and the rising arc of health care and pension spending will have to be bent down. Democrats hate the latter, Republicans hate the former, and voters don’t like either."

While Democrats and Republicans (the voters, if not the poli...