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CBO Report on Effects of Repealing Health Care Reform

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GOP seizes on report on new health law

Not sure what to make of that headline because this is what it says:

Rescinding the federal law to overhaul the health care system, the first objective of House Republicans who ascended to power this week, would ratchet up the federal deficit by about $230 billion over the next decade and leave 32 million more Americans uninsured, according to congressional budget analysts. The rough estimate by the Congressional Budget Office also predicts that most Americans would pay more for private health insurance if the law were repealed. The 10-page forecast was delivered to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), installed a day earlier to shepherd the new GOP majority. He immediately dismissed it.
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Pesky budget office reports.
 
It also says in the third paragraph:

On Thursday, congressional Democrats and their allies seized the budget analysts' prediction as ammunition.
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Maybe the headline writer got confused or doesn't which party is the GOP.
 
I guess they caught the error because the headline has now been changed to "Republicans reject report on cost of health-care repeal."
 
My favorite bits:
With equal speed, Boehner and other House Republicans repudiated the forecast of the non-partisan CBO, saying that its analysts had relied on flawed assumptions they had been provided by Democrats. "CBO is entitled to their opinion," Boehner declared at his first news conference as speaker
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and:
House Republicans countered with their own report, containing their portrayal of the financial effects of keeping the law intact. The report, filled with the incendiary language the GOP has adopted to discuss the law, is entitled: "Obama-care: A budget-busting, job-killing health care law" and features on its cover a gate padlocked with a thick chain.
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I mean, seriously... how did some many Democrats lose to these clowns?
 
House Republicans countered with their own report, containing their portrayal of the financial effects of keeping the law intact. The report, filled with the incendiary language the GOP has adopted to discuss the law, is entitled: "Obama-care: A budget-busting, job-killing health care law" and features on its cover a gate padlocked with a thick chain.

Expected scare-tactics from the kings of fear: the Republican Party.



oh, and when did the Congressional Budget Office become Communist Kenya-lovers?

:)
 
johnny karate said:
My favorite bits:
and:



I mean, seriously... how did some many Democrats lose to these clowns?
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Wow. One report is from a non-partisan source, the other is obviously partisan. Which to believe?

I guess they lost because of the economy and because most people don't pay close attention and have short memories.
 
One has to wonder how casually dismissive of the CBO Boehner would be if their analysis was to his liking.
 
The GOP is always trying to conjure up their own facts... global warming is a hoax, evolution is "just a theory", death panels...etc.

They are a party of liars.
 
Puppycow said:
Wow. One report is from a non-partisan source, the other is obviously partisan. Which to believe?

I guess they lost because of the economy and because most people don't pay close attention and have short memories.
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Plus, a sizeable number vote once every four years, but national elections are held once every two years.
 
do we have any examples anywhere of the GOP swearing by CBO numbers and ridiculing those who don't?
 
Thunder said:
do we have any examples anywhere of the GOP swearing by CBO numbers and ridiculing those who don't?
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We can certainly find examples of the GOP saying how important the CBO reports are, and that legislation ought not be debated (and certainly not amended or even passed out of committee) until the CBO reports are published.
 
Upchurch said:
By being bigger clowns when it counts.
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I think you hit the nail on the head. I was never sure how the Blue Dogs got voted in to begin with. If both candidates run based on a GOP platform, why would a voter choose a Democrat over a Republican?
 
Thunder said:
do we have any examples anywhere of the GOP swearing by CBO numbers and ridiculing those who don't?
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I'm pretty sure the CBO scoring of "Hillarycare" in 93/94 was part of the rationale the Republicans used to oppose it.
 
Thunder said:
do we have any examples anywhere of the GOP swearing by CBO numbers and ridiculing those who don't?
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JoeTheJuggler said:
We can certainly find examples of the GOP saying how important the CBO reports are, and that legislation ought not be debated (and certainly not amended or even passed out of committee) until the CBO reports are published.
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Some examples of Boehner and Cantor citing CBO numbers in support of their arguments can be found here:

http://www.americablog.com/2011/01/funny-how-boehner-and-cantor-used-to.html
 
Here you go:

GOP Rep. John Boehner Claimed CBO Estimates Showed Democrats Were Out Of Control On Spending. “Today’s reports confirm what the White House has been trying to hide: the Democrats’ out-of-control spending binge is burying our children and grandchildren under a mountain of unsustainable debt..." (Boehner Statement on Federal Deficit Projections, 8/25/09)
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Boehner Claimed CBO Director Confirmed Democrats’ Claims On Health Care Were “Pure Fiction.” Americans are concerned about the rising costs of health care, but instead of alleviating those fears, the Democrats government takeover will drive health care costs even higher. The Director of the Congressional Budget Office today confirmed that the Democrats’ government-run plan will make health care more costly than ever... "(Boehner Statement, 7/16/09)
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GOP Rep. Eric Cantor Claimed CBO Report Blew A Hole In Democrats’ Reason For Health Care Reform. CANTOR: Well, you know, as you suggest, the president came out today and insisted that the House act quickly on a health care reform proposal that they have proposed to push through this month. But, you know, the latest news that we have had released yesterday was, the Congressional Budget Office came out with a statement that, in fact, the Democrats' plan does nothing to arrest the surge in health care costs in this country, so essentially blowing a hole in the reason for why we would be doing this in the first place. (FOX News, 7/20/09)
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