Sebelius Admits Obamacare Books Cooked; Half-Trillion Dollars Double-Counted
Sebelius Admits Obamacare Books Cooked; Half-Trillion Dollars Double-Counted – Fox Nation
Sebelius Admits Obamacare Books Cooked; Half-Trillion Dollars Double-Counted – Fox Nation
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Scott, your site is supposed to have credibility. Stop regurgitating partisan factless emails and start researching. There is no Double Counting. Paul Ryan even as much. I know details are not as sexy as partisan vitriol but you owe your readers the truth unless you are just resigning yourself to becoming an opinion rag. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/03/the_true_cost_of_the_health-ca.html
You can see the video of Shimkus and Sebelius for yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukaIZ7pmabo&feature=player_embedded
And Shimkus is operating from statements made by Medicare’s own actuary.
http://www.cms.gov/ActuarialStudies/Downloads/PPACA_Medicare_2010-04-22.pdf
By the way, Ryan’s statements to Klein are not as you claim. He specifically
references the double-counting issue in a manner that supports Shimkus:
“If you’re counting it as offsets for this bill, you’re increasing unfunded
obligations for Social Security. CLASS Act is another example: These are
premiums for a benefit. You’re counting these premiums for this benefit as
offsets for another spending project, you’re creating unfunded benefits.
That’s double counting. We’re increasing obligations and we’re not setting
aside those dollars for those programs.”