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To: Alighieri who wrote (562581)	4/26/2010 4:46:15 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572366

Al, > That's news to you? The CBO said these things months ago. I'll let you spin Obama's own words ... whitehouse.gov > Now, so let me talk about the third thing, which is my proposal would bring down the cost of health care for families, for businesses, and for the federal government. So Americans buying comparable coverage to what they have today -- I already said this -- would see premiums fall by 14 to 20 percent -- that’s not my numbers, that’s what the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says -- for Americans who get their insurance through the workplace. How many people are getting insurance through their jobs right now? Raise your hands. All right. Well, a lot of those folks, your employer it’s estimated would see premiums fall by as much as 3,000 percent [sic], which means they could give you a raise. (Applause.) Tenchusatsu