Tuesday, November 03, 2009
The American Spectator : Behold a Trojan Pony
The American Spectator : Behold a Trojan Pony:
Last week the Congressional Budget Office 'scored' the House of Representatives' revised health insurance 'public option' and found it would charge premiums higher than those of private insurance and attract only six million buyers.
Thus, the growing worry that a public option would undercut private policies and soon drive them out of business seemed to evaporate. Speaker Pelosi, cheerleader for a 'public option,' gloated that the consolidated House bill came in under President Obama's declared ceiling cost of $900 billion and would not add to the deficit."
Last week the Congressional Budget Office 'scored' the House of Representatives' revised health insurance 'public option' and found it would charge premiums higher than those of private insurance and attract only six million buyers.
Thus, the growing worry that a public option would undercut private policies and soon drive them out of business seemed to evaporate. Speaker Pelosi, cheerleader for a 'public option,' gloated that the consolidated House bill came in under President Obama's declared ceiling cost of $900 billion and would not add to the deficit."
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