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Originally Posted by Excaliber
No I didn't miss that, it's another example of Republican spin, sustained, altered and further twisted by the radical right. The OMB estimate, and granted it is only an estimate, was only SLIGHTLY reduced from it's original number. The projection is the deficit will STILL be substantially reduced.
SPO1715, if you don't believe the estimate it is likely you don't understand how the calculations were made. A more reasonable approach would be to question the math than to dismiss the calculations.
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From what I have seen, read, heard, I don't think the OMB, and maybe even you, understand the numbers or calculations.
Currently, there are 40,000,000+ on Medicare, and 60,000,000 on Medicaid.
And the governmment wants to insure another 47,000,000 - That's a 50% increase.
Currently, Medicaid (the cheapest government insurance) pays about $3000/yr/person, or about $250 month/person, or about $1000/month for a family of four, close to what private insurances charge.
Of the money spent on Government healthcare, Medicare and Medicaid, I can tell you there definitely is not a 33% waste factor, unless you cut out screening for mammograms, colon cancer, "unnecessary" heart bypass operations, etc. There really is virtually no waste. It's all really limiting health care services to a much greater degree than they already are, that is, to a level that they limited to in other countries, what OBAMA considers to be waste. No more brand name drugs, just generics, you won't have a choice. The only way to make the numbers come out not adding to the deficit is to cut medical benefits/services by 33% to pay for the extra 47,000,000.
You're clueless.
Unfortunately for us, those are the numbers, and those are the facts.
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