Thursday, March 4, 2010

HCR, the devil is in the details

Washington DC—Representative Bart Stupak (D-MI) has sent a warning to the Upper Chamber and to the White House, health care will not pass in the House of Representatives. Mr. Stupak’s objections are two-fold, the first is the Senate bill contains provisions for federally funded abortion; the second is the Lower Chamber’s reluctance to yield to the Senate. But there is something more than just pride and principle at work here: House Representatives know what lies ahead in November and again in 2012.

Last night on the O’Reilly Factor, guest Caroline Heldman, Ph.D., was asked by Bill O’Reilly to name three positive items in Obamacare. Professor Heldman obliged, listing three items she believed to be the most positive. After each pick, Ms. Heldman was asked by O’Reilly to define or at least summarize how those provisions would be enforced. One by one, the good professor could not give any particulars, instead she said she would, “Hope [they] listen to the experts.”

Therein lies just why the American people are rejecting Obamacare—there are no hard numbers to back the panacea claims. The CATO Institute has scored the projections, and instead of finding an $81 billion budget deficit reduction over the next decade, the actual cost will increase to more than $600 billion over ten years. Regardless of which plan is passed (be it House or Senate), CATO has determined the budget deficit will skyrocket.

CATO reinforces with hard numbers what Americans feel by gut instinct, adding millions to a government run healthcare system will only add billions more to future deficits and take away millions in competent care.


-- Owen E. Richason IV
Chief Editor, Killswitch Politick


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