Posts Tagged ‘rising federal deficits’
Heritage Research
The Debt Commission, Health Care, and Obama’s Budgetary Game Plan
When the President’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform held its first official meeting in April, all of the talk was of getting serious about putting the nation’s fiscal house in order and that everything would be “on the table” for consideration. But if everything is on the table, Obamacare must be included, too. To read more, click here.
Tags: budget reform, debt commission, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, ObamaCare, rising federal deficits
Health Care News
White House Health Care Rhetoric About to Meet Reality
At the signing of the Senate health bill today, President Barack Obama said: “In a few moments, when I sign this bill, all of the overheated rhetoric over reform will finally confront the reality of reform.” Let’s review some of the “overheated rhetoric” that is about to get tested by reality.
Over the past months, the President and Congress have promised: that premiums would drop by $2500 per family; that if you like what you’ve got, you can keep it; that it would bend the cost curve down; that it would decrease the federal deficit. The fact of the matter is, none of these things will become reality once the bill is implemented—these claims are nothing but the rhetoric attached to an unpopular piece of legislation in the hopes of creating support that has yet to materialize.
The truth about the bill is already becoming evident as effected parties become vocal with their concerns. Some highlights just from today’s headlines include: (more…)
Tags: bend the cost curve, higher health premiums, Medicaid Expansion, ObamaCare, ObamaCare promises, rising federal deficits, Senate Health Bill, Sunday vote
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