The cost of UHC
August 31st 2009 11:40
The House bill for universal health care estimates the cost to be around $1 trillion over the next 10 years. That sounds insanely expensive, right? Well, I was watching a panel discussion on CNN the other night about health care and it was revealed that the actual cost of Medicare for this year was about 6 1/2 times more than the original projected cost. The truth is that most government programs cost much more than the original projections. So, it's highly likely that the cost of the new entitlement program that would be created by the universal health care bill could wind up costing $5 trillion or even $10 trillion. And don't think for one second that the American people don't already realize this. They've seen what happens with government programs.
To quote that crafty wordsmith, George W. Bush: "Fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."
To quote that crafty wordsmith, George W. Bush: "Fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."
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