File
this one in the "striking but not at all surprising" category.
A new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has found that the overwhelming majority of Americans will pay lower premiums if the Senate’s health care legislation were to become law. The analysis — commissioned by key Democratic moderate Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) — analyzes the bill’s effects on premiums in 2016 and undermines almost every argument put forth by Democratic moderates and Republican critics of health care reform.
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According to the budget office, under the Senate legislation, the overwhelming majority would on average pay the same or less for health care coverage. For people purchasing coverage in the none-group market, premiums savings are attached to more generous benefits than policies available today...
So, Congressional Republicans including
Eric Cantor, Frank Wolf, Rob Wittman, etc. all oppose saving Americans money
and providing them with better coverage
and covering millions more of them
and reducing the budget deficit
and... Just keep that in mind next time you hear one of those guys screaming about "socialism" or whatever. In fact, you might just want to quote one of their own members back to them: "You lie!"
