{"id":3071,"date":"2010-03-19T13:06:38","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T18:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=3071"},"modified":"2010-03-19T13:06:38","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T18:06:38","slug":"more-gaming-the-system-for-health-care-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=3071","title":{"rendered":"More Gaming the System for Health Care Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"

The CBO numbers for the final final health care reform bill may look good (depending on your definition of "good"), but, as I’ve noted before, the numbers are gamed.  And now, here’s more sleight of hand<\/a> going on.<\/p>\n

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Democrats are planning to introduce legislation later this spring that would permanently repeal annual Medicare cuts to doctors, but are warning lawmakers not to talk about it for fear that it will complicate their push to pass comprehensive health reform. The plans undercut the party’s message that reform lowers the deficit, according to a memo obtained by POLITICO<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Democrats removed the so-called doc fix from the reform legislation last year because its $371-billion price tag would have made it impossible for Democrats to claim that their bill reduces the deficit. Republicans have argued for months that by stripping the doc fix from the bill, Democrats were playing a shell game.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Remember, the CBO estimate is, for all intents and purposes, a minimum<\/em> price.  As with all other big government programs, it will<\/em> increase dramatically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The CBO numbers for the final final health care reform bill may look good (depending on your definition of "good"), but, as I’ve noted before, the numbers are gamed.  And now, here’s more sleight of hand going on. Democrats are planning to introduce legislation later this spring that would permanently repeal annual Medicare cuts to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15,18,275],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doug","category-economics-taxes","category-government","category-healthcare"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t