Baucus has kept much of the Senate, including members of his own committee, in the dark about the details and cost of the policy proposals he is considering. Several members of the Finance panel, for example, said they had not seen the CBO report that Baucus will use to scale down — or eliminate — proposals on the negotiating table.
Baucus has received regular feedback from the CBO in recent weeks, and many of the policy options he is considering have been known since the beginning of the year. This raises questions among some observers whether the $1.6 trillion price tag is a true surprise. Baucus could be using the shocking number to justify shrinking the size of the package.
This is exactly why we need HR 676 scored by the CBO, we need to make clear that all this money is not for health care, it is for subsidies for health insurance parasites.
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I can't write a headline to save my life.
Baucus is gaming the system, say it ain't so
Baucus is the man for a reason. It is no accident that this most anti-Democratic committee chairman in the least democratic part of Congress is where the health care bill is being drafted. And, anyone who thinks that Baucus is actually writing any of this should talk with me about buying my interest in a certain famous bridge. Of course the dance with the CBO is staged. The question is. what can those with eyes to see do about it?
Baucus is Pressuring the Congressional Budget Office
Sen Max Baucus, who ruled single-payer and a public option health reform off the table, is now pressuring the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to favorably judge his health plan as financially sound--even though it isn’t. The CBO issued a series of recent studies which have found that most savings claimed, in the effort to keep private-for-profit insurance companies in the mix, do not exist.??
Alternatively, a single-payer system would save more than $350 billion per year, enough to provide comprehensive, high-quality coverage for all Americans.??
Tell Senator Baucus we need accurate numbers, and that includes SINGLE-PAYER SCORING BY THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE.
http://www.change.org/ideas/294/view_act... ??
I think you missed the money quote
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Didn't some banksters just get into a whole lot of trouble with "creative" accounting methods?
"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mahatma Gandhi
Ridiculous
That is ridiculous that Baucus has kept members of his own committee in the dark about costs and details in policy proposals! Even more shocking that he is using a huge price tag to justify shrinking the total cost of the package. casino en ligne