Posted on 07/10/2009 5:28:03 AM PDT by fiscon1
Yesterday the Congressional Budget Office scored the House version of a health overhaul bill at $1.5 trillion, that is, if you believe those rather optimistic estimates. Congress, after all, has a history of underestimating the costs of the programs they fund. In fact, the independent HSI Network scored the House's initial draft at a heart-stopping $3.5 trillion. But let's give Congress the benefit of the doubt, for just a moment, as we try to comprehend just how much of our money they want to spend on government-run health care.
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