November 20, 2009Democrats Cook the Books on Health Bill
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Majority Leader Harry Reid is touting the Senate's latest health-care bill as costing $849 billion over 10 years. But this uses the same accounting trick as past versions: 99 percent of the costs don't kick in until the fifth year of that "10-year" period. The true 10-year costs are well over twice what Reid's advertising: $1.8 trillion. TAGGED: USD, Congressional Budget Office, Medicare, Senate, Harry Reid, JEFFREY H. ANDERSON, Majority Leader RECOMMENDED ARTICLES
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