GOP Using Incomplete Study To Undermine Health Care Reform

[SpartanDem]

On Monday afternoon, critics of a major health care overhaul seized on a report from the Congressional Budget Office showing that a Democratic reform bill could cost $1 trillion over ten years despite adding only 17 million Americans to the ranks of the insured. But the results are incomplete, and they know it.

The CBO findings made for a traditional attack based around fears that the government would spend larges swaths of taxpayer money with minimum systematic change.
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The CBO's findings, however, are for an incomplete piece of legislation, making the cost-per-coverage estimates much worse than they will ultimately be. Republicans on the committee knew this, according to Democrats. But they pushed for the bill to be studied by the CBO now. And when poor results came back, they ran with them.

The reality is there are still some outstanding issues, including employer responsibility and a public insurance option," said a Democratic aide to a committee member. "Those are two outstanding issues. So what we did in a good faith effort to find bipartisan consensus, we did not include those elements because we are trying to find common ground. But Republicans wanted there to be a score even though, the reality is, if there is an incomplete bill you will have an incomplete statement."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/16/gop-pushed-for-incomplete_n_216206.html

[Cronus Protagonist]

1. But they pushed for the bill to be studied by the CBO now

SO, clearly, there was NOTHING OUR LEADERSHIP COULD DO!! After all, the MINORITY PUSHED!

Sometimes I want to spit.

[SpartanDem]

2. A very stupid move their part

[Cronus Protagonist]

3. I'm still NOT getting used to it

Our "leadership" is not leading.