Extra - Legal Insurrection: "There is no spoon Baucus bill."
More - Megan McArdle: "So most of the major components of the program are scheduled to either cost more, or raise less revenue . . . but overall, it's generating a bigger surplus. It's the healthcare economist's version of "We're losing money on every unit, but we'll make it up in volume!"
My, my, how unexpected. After citing every negative CBO health care projection as if it were the Holy Gospel, NOW it's time to break out the skepticism! Such a mysterious turn of events.
ReplyDeleteThe CBO report is a disgruntled former estimate.
The CBO report was never in the loop.
The CBO report is trying to sell a book.
It's sad... this is not the CBO report we knew.
Not at all: I believe the CBO. They've calculated the Baucus bill based on what the Senate bill says it will do: raise taxes on insurance companies (that will not affect people making less than $250,000/year) and cutting $400 billion from Medicare.
ReplyDeleteIf you believe either of these things will happen, I have a bridge to sell you.
July 2009: CBO estimate contradicts Obama numbers, thereby making its assumptions correct:
ReplyDeletehttp://vikingpundit.blogspot.com/2009/07/cbo-wont-say-223-politico-cbo-deals-new.html
(and elsewhere)
October 2009: CBO estimate supports Obama numbers, therevy making its assumptions wrong:
http://vikingpundit.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-snap-review-of-cbos-score-of-baucus.html
(and elsewhere)
So I guess I don't need to respond here if you're not going to read my previous comment. Nice talkin' with you.
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