CBO doubles cost of Obamacare (health care, government, state, billion)

[Crossfire600]

CBO: Obamacare to cost $1.76 trillion over 10 yrs | Campaign 2012 | Washington Examiner

Some smoke and mirrors for everyone. Can wait the hear about this on all the major networks.

[AuDiBelle]

Color me shocked. Not.

[JohnPaul]

You probably WONT hear it on the major networks, thats about a given.

[momonkey]

Originally Posted by Crossfire600

CBO: Obamacare to cost $1.76 trillion over 10 yrs | Campaign 2012 | Washington Examiner

Some smoke and mirrors for everyone. Can wait the hear about this on all the major networks.

I'm certain it's really a much larger number.

[AuDiBelle]

I wonder what the true figure is if you include the unfunded state medicaid expansion? That [cost]
was cleverly left off the estimates, by design.

[Crossfire600]

http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/washington-secrets/2012/03/regulation-nation-new-study-finds-obama’s-regs-cost-46-billion (broken link)

It gets even better!

[mlassoff]

So what do we do instead? If we're being intellectually honest (come on-- you can do it!), the cost of Healthcare Reform is driven by the cost of health care itself.

So if we were truly concerned about cost, should we not be focusing on that? (I guess if you focus on cost of health care you can't use it as a proxy to bash Obama-- no fun there... right?)

[AuDiBelle]

Originally Posted by mlassoff

So what do we do instead? If we're being intellectually honest (come on-- you can do it!), the cost of Healthcare Reform is driven by the cost of health care itself.

So if we were truly concerned about cost, should we not be focusing on that? (I guess if you focus on cost of health care you can't use it as a proxy to bash Obama-- no fun there... right?)

That was conservatives' main beef with O'care.... it did nothing to address costs.

[AeroGuyDC]

When Obamacare was being deliberated, Democrats did everything in their power to coax the CBO into declaring that the law would stay in the sub $1T range.

It was all a ruse to make the law more palatable. It was a big lie, and your government knew all about it from the very start. Which is precisely why Democrats are scum.

[mlassoff]

Originally Posted by whatyousay

That was conservatives' main beef with O'care.... it did nothing to address costs.

Great. Where can I see the Republican plan to address healthcare costs? Is there a link?