UConn James Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 Wash. Examiner link President Obama's national health care law will cost $1.76 trillion over a decade, according to a new projection released today by the Congressional Budget Office, rather than the $940 billion forecast when it was signed into law. Democrats employed many accounting tricks when they were pushing through the national health care legislation, the most egregious of which was to delay full implementation of the law until 2014, so it would appear cheaper under the CBO's standard ten-year budget window and, at least on paper, meet Obama's pledge that the legislation would cost "around $900 billion over 10 years." When the final CBO score came out before passage, critics noted that the true 10 year cost would be far higher than advertised once projections accounted for full implementation. I'd say it, but, really... who's fooled by "Whoops!"?
3rdnlng Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 Wash. Examiner link I'd say it, but, really... who's fooled by "Whoops!"? The sad thing here is that if that's all it cost it would be minor. I'm betting it'll be five times that, if not more.
ieatcrayonz Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 Wash. Examiner link I'd say it, but, really... who's fooled by "Whoops!"? We could sign Mario Williams like 14 times for that amount.
3rdnlng Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 (edited) We could sign Mario Williams like 14 times for that amount. Which 14 positions is he going to play, or are we going with the 14-0 vs the 4-3 and the 3-4? That would be a smothering defense. Edited March 14, 2012 by 3rdnlng
birdog1960 Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 We could sign Mario Williams like 14 times for that amount. we could build mario williams from spare parts and clone him 20 times, then cure cancer...or maybe just provide basic care for all americans
/dev/null Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 Cheaper than Bush's war in Iraq! First user comment sums it up perfectly: Obama lied, the US economy died
Alaska Darin Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 Cheaper than Bush's war in Iraq! Great justification, retard.
ieatcrayonz Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 ...or maybe just provide basic care for all americans If they all wanted free health care from the government they wouldn't be americans. They'd be commies. Or worse.....canadians.
Chef Jim Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 we could build mario williams from spare parts and clone him 20 times, then cure cancer...or maybe just provide basic care for all americans So basic health care was not available to all Americans prior? And what do you consider basic health care?
/dev/null Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 So basic health care was not available to all Americans prior? And what do you consider basic health care? A free condom on every dick, a free Volt in every garage, and free abortions for anyone caught without the first in the backseat of the second
Dave_In_Norfolk Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 Great justification, retard. You shouldn't be calling anyone a retard. You are too stupid to be calling a rock a retard.
Chef Jim Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 You shouldn't be calling anyone a retard. You are too stupid to be calling a rock a retard. Go ahead. Please explain what the cost of "Bush's" war has to do with the cost of Obamacare?
3rdnlng Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 You shouldn't be calling anyone a retard. You are too stupid to be calling a rock a retard. You just called yourself a rock. The rock is pissed.
/dev/null Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 Remember when Obama said you could keep your existing coverage if you wanted under Obamacare, and people claimed otherwise weren't telling the truth... http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2012/03/14/million-covered-work-obamacare/
DC Tom Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 Remember when Obama said you could keep your existing coverage if you wanted under Obamacare, and people claimed otherwise weren't telling the truth... http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2012/03/14/million-covered-work-obamacare/ Shocker. ****ty, ****ty legislation.
jjamie12 Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 (edited) And that $1.76 Trillion number is STILL the CBO number, which requires the CBO to suspend reality and assume that every single thing in the legislation will happen exactly as it is written. Which includes many, many ridiculous things, the only one I can recall right now is the Medicare Doc Fix. The CBO is required to assume that the Medicare 'Doc Fix' won't happen under the current legislation (I think this amounts to $500 million a year? Is that right?). Of course the Medicare 'Doc Fix' will, of course, happen every year and add at least $5 billion to that total. A billion here and a billion there; pretty soon we're talking about real dollars! I think Magox has a really good handle on more details about this... Edited March 14, 2012 by jjamie12
Alaska Darin Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 I think Magox has a really good handle on more details about this... So does anyone with even a minor understanding of the CBO, Congress, and open ended leftislation.
birdog1960 Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 So basic health care was not available to all Americans prior? And what do you consider basic health care? good question. i'd think current medicare benefits would be great with exclusions for any elective procedures and algorithms to describe work ups/treatment s of the most common complaints/ailments with a safe harbor for docs if thet follow such algorithms. also, generic drugs only unless clear and definitive evidence of superior outcomes for nongenerics. there'd be much more but that's a good start.
3rdnlng Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 good question. i'd think current medicare benefits would be great with exclusions for any elective procedures and algorithms to describe work ups/treatment s of the most common complaints/ailments with a safe harbor for docs if thet follow such algorithms. also, generic drugs only unless clear and definitive evidence of superior outcomes for nongenerics. there'd be much more but that's a good start. With the same reimbursements of course.
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