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To: steve harris who wrote (556507)	3/22/2010 6:32:03 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577019

With this paragraph alone, the AP confirms two things: (a) Obamacare relies upon an accounting gimmick to reduce the advertised cost of the bill (b) The media continues to spin for the Democrats news.yahoo.com > The main reason that Obama's plan phases in slowly boils down to cost. The Medicare cuts and tax increases to finance the bill start early; the subsidies to help people purchase coverage come later. That combination keeps the cost of the overhaul under $1 trillion in its first decade, as Obama promised. Republicans call it an accounting gimmick — but in past years they also resorted to it.