#2 "Now, there are already voices saying the numbers don't add up. They're wrong."
First, lets all agree where the real money will come from. That 630 Billion in his “medical reserve fund” is from the Stimulus Boondoggle. You know…that borrowed money that America will be paying back for generations. Then there are the additional “revenue streams”. In other words…raise taxes. Tax the rich has a nice populist ring but even the rubes are catching on that this will effect every taxpayer.
But how about that nebulous-kinda confusing-never really defined-always changing-the dog didn’t bark-moving target called “Savings”. To help understand how this accounting works one may want to view how the Stimulus “saved” 150 thousand jobs as the total workforce lost about 1.6 million.
Now, three sources of cost containment that the CBO actually can score come from Health care providers, Health insurance, and Pharmaceutical companies. Obama likes to tell us how, when it comes to health care, “Quantity doesn’t equal quality”. And how “competition will keep insurance companies honest”. As well as, how the “drug makers need to pay their fair share”. That’s his folksy way of strong arming private business into limiting options, benefit reductions, and price controls. But don’t call this “Socialized Medicine”! |