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Actual 10-year cost of Pelosi Plan: $1.8 trillion
Actual 10-year cost of Pelosi Plan: $1.8 trillion
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Pelosi Breaks Pledge to Put Final Health Care Bill Online for 72 Hours Before Vote
weeklystandard.com — Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that the speaker will not allow the final language... of the health care to be posted online for 72 hours before bringing the bill to a vote on the House floor, despite her September 24 statement ... (more) Pelosi Breaks Pledge to Put Final Health Care Bill ...
Yes, the House Public Plan Works
Yes, the House Public Plan Works
tnr.com — Jacob S. Hacker is the Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science at Yale University, author of... The Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Insecurity and the Decline of the American Dream , and an occasional contributor to The Treatment. Diane ... (more) Yes, the House Public Plan Works
Health Care Reform Bill Unlikely to Pass This Year
Health Care Reform Bill Unlikely to Pass This Year
abcnews.go.com — Senior Congressional Democrats told ABC News today it is highly unlikely that a health care reform bill... will be completed this year, just a week after President Barack Obama declared he was "absolutely confident" he'll be able to sign one by then.  ... (more) Health Care Reform Bill Unlikely to Pass This Year
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Wait, What?
Snapped Shot — ... * The Democrats are crowing over a healthcare "reform" bill that will ultimately cost $1.8 trillion dollars over ten years. Meanwhile, on the sane side of politics, the Senate Republicans have announced their plan, which the CBO's director—wait, he has a blog?—says ...

Actual Cost of Democratic Plans: Over $1.8 Trillion
Ace of Spades HQ — Actual Cost of Democratic Plans: Over $1.8 Trillion Both of them -- the Senate plan and the House plan. For a a long time, they have been falsely reporting the "ten year costs" by comparing ten years of revenues -- also known as higher taxes and mandates -- with only seven years of outlays. What happens when you compare a ten-year window in which there are both revenues and layouts going on for the whole ten years? The costs skyrocket above their advertised costs -- they double. Each bill is routinely “scored” for its 10-year costs from 2010-19. Yet this includes several ...

GOP Health CARE Place Rated Awesome By CBO
Pirate's Cove — ... Of course, what Democrats do not understand (go figure) is that if prices are lower, more people will purchase insurance. Amazing concept. Instead, some people, let’s call them a**holes, want to spend $1.8 trillion over 10 years on a plan that will increase taxes, increase costs, and reduce service, just so a bunch of folks who are illegals and/or could otherwise purchase affordable health insurance now can get government sponsored…….not sure what I am blathering on about, we all know this Democrat plan is simply about taking over even more of ...

GOP Health CARE Place Rated Awesome By CBO
Stop The ACLU — ... are not the ones with the real problems. Small and medium business, along with individuals, are the ones this would benefit the most. The analysis shows the Republican plan would do little to expand coverage, which Democrats were quick to point out in a late night missive to reporters. Of course, what Democrats do not understand (go figure) is that if prices are lower, more people will purchase insurance. Amazing concept. Instead, some people, let’s call them a**holes, want to spend $1.8 trillion over 10 years on a plan that will increase taxes, increase costs, and reduce ...

Obamanomics 101
Dean's World — So, the true 10-year cost of Obamacare is… $1.8 trillion. A trillion in new taxes, $800B in new deficit spending (oh, excuse me, I mean “imaginary Medicare cuts that will never happen”). And the next ten years are going to be even worse. It’s like 1938 all over again…

Obamanomics 101
Classical Values — ... November 06, 2009 Obamanomics 101 So, the true 10-year cost of Obamacare is... $1.8 trillion. A trillion in new taxes, $800B in new deficit spending (oh, excuse me, I mean "imaginary Medicare cuts that will never happen"). And the next ten years are going to be even worse. It's like ...

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It’s on: Palin vs Pelosi
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