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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Lane3 who wrote (7585)7/16/2009 1:06:45 PM
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I believe that for him proceeding is a given and whatever it ends up costing, that's the price we have to pay.

I absolutely think you're right. Some in Congress are focused on the cost (some only because it is necessary to convince ANYONE to vote for it). But one doesn't get the sense that the administration cares; it is more important to them to get the legislation passed, then whatever taxes are necessary down the road to fund it are FINE with them.

This is consistent with the CBO scoring, BTW -- in which they have indicated the costs are heavily backloaded in the out years. So, while the cost may be a trillion for 10 years, they found the last five of those years average $171 Billion -- nearly ALL the cost. So, instead of being a $100B/year deal, it is really more of a $200B/year deal to begin with. Over time, it will become trillions just as Medicare has.
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