This one
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/114xx/doc11490/LewisLtr_HR3590.pdf

Kit summary of that is +$115B from the original numbers, effectively erasing the proclaimed $135B savings, for revenue NEUTRAL to first approximation. This compared to $400B+ (over 10 years) for the prescription drug benefit (revised DOWNWARD from $500B+, from initial estimates, see how I don't bitch and moan about crappy estimates when they go in your favor?)

Again "garbage in- garbage out" blah blah blah from you... Of course it's based on projections and not real numbers -- it is in fact *a projection* and the numbers are not real because it is about *the future*. I'm not making this stuff up.

The best data I can find, suggests that HCR, for all the spit and vinegar around it, costs VASTLY LESS than the prescription drug benefit. And I ask again, why all the fuss about repealing HCR, when prescription drugs are costing us many multiples more? I cannot find any answer, except that deficit hawkery is just a cover story for "we hate Obama".


Edited by IrishRogue (11/12/10 01:54 AM)
_________________________
The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. -John Buchan