The Official Forecasts Are Nonsense: Obamacare Would Be a Budget Buster

by Dan Mitchell

According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT), the government-run healthcare plans in the House and Senate will reduce budget deficits. To use a technical phrase, this is utter nonsense. A giant new entitlement program will be a budget buster. This new video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity provides 12 reasons in less than 6-1/2 minutes – including real-world evidence showing how Medicare and Medicaid cost far more than originally forecast.


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