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  • 'Conceptual Language' Hides Health Care's Costs

    10/12/2009 4:29:08 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 15 replies · 608+ views
    Townhall.com ^ | October 12, 2009 | Michael Barone
    Some of the headlines in recent days are not worthy of belief. No, I'm not referring to the headlines that Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, however odd that many seem to many (including, it seems, Obama himself). I'm referring to the headlines earlier in the week to the effect that the health care bill sponsored by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus will cut the federal deficit by $81 billion over the next 10 years. Yes, that is what the Congressional Budget Office estimated. But, as the CBO noted, there's no actual Baucus bill, just some "conceptual language."...