Saturday, July 18, 2009

Obama desperate and lying over healthcare bill.

The CBO shot multiple nukes into the any version of the healthcare bill the Dems are trying to pass to the point the Dem are willing to cook the books over it.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office dealt another blow to House Democrats on Friday night, saying their health care bill would increase the federal deficit by $239 billion over the next 10 years.

The projected shortfall means Democrats would need to find additional revenue or make deeper cuts to existing programs in order to meet their goal of paying for the $1 trillion bill.

But those projections don’t account for a $245 billion reduction in the deficit this legislation would create, if Democrats can also approve new balanced budget rules that would permanently address an annual shortfall in Medicare payments to physicians[.] Democrats may also defend the cost of their bill by pointing out that in the long run, under new accounting rules, the bill would generate a $6 billion surplus.


Obama is now pushing the date of passing Obamacare to the end of the year instead of his August deadline.

After a tough week on health care reform, President Barack Obama used a hastily convened White House appearance Friday to press Congress to step up the pace, saying once again that “now is the not the time to slow down.”
Obama also tried to quiet naysayers with a bold prediction that he would sign a bill by year’s end, despite the frequent setbacks.

“That is why those who are betting against this happening this year are badly mistaken," Obama said. "We are going to get this done. We will reform health care. It will happen this year. I’m absolutely convinced of that.”

At the same time, Obama did not reiterate his August deadline for the House and Senate to pass bills – amid growing signs in the Senate that goal is simply out of reach.


The last straw is his "promise" of not adding to the deficit.

With Congressional Democrats growing increasingly nervous about the cost of overhauling the nation’s health care system, President Obama vowed Saturday to reject any health legislation that would run up the federal deficit.

“I want to be very clear,” Mr. Obama said in his weekly address to the nation. “I will not sign on to any health plan that adds to our deficits over the next decade. And by helping improve quality and efficiency, the reforms we make will help bring our deficits under control in the long term.”

Health care legislation is Mr. Obama’s highest domestic priority, and he has said controlling costs is an essential component of his plan.

But his effort hit a big stumbling block last week when the director of the Congressional Budget Office said the bills working their way through the House of Representatives would not bring health costs down over the next decade.

That is a lie and he knows it just like he is saying the public option is competition for private companies when he knows it will actually kill it. He is doing yet another press conference to try and gin up support this Wednesday, lets see if the MSM outside of Jake Tapper asks him any hard questions because the long people see the healthcare bill the support keeps dropping.

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