CBO: Obamacare will increase health care spending

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Gee, if only someone had pointed this out before Obamacare passed.

Wait, we did.

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In a brief, slideshow analysis of federal health care policy, the Congressional Budget Office warns that "federal spending for health care programs is growing much faster than other federal spending and the economy as a whole." That's partially because of the Affordable Care Act, though the CBO points out that, even after Obamacare is fully implemented, Medicare will continue to have the largest appetite for federal dollars intended to support health care (intentions and results aren't the same thing, of course.) The CBO contemplates a few cost-cutting tactics, few of which are likely to win fans, and some of which might simply torpedo the provision of health care.

Health Care Spending Will Gobble the Federal Budget, Warns CBO - Hit & Run : Reason.com
 
Sure, but the CBO also says that Obamacare slows the growth of spending over time in a way that not having Obamacare wasn't.

Of course there will be more spending, baby boomers make up our largest generation and they're all pretty much senior citizens now. The problem is that the boomers have left the rest of us with a huge debt to take care of instead of planning more intelligently.

So now we have to do the planning for them. President Obama's preventive care policies are already starting to work. It's the First Lady's biggest issue, after all, child obesity and obesity in general.

When people eat better, their risks of needing healthcare services go down. With skinnier people instead of fat people, you get less diabetes and less of a lot of other ailments, too. That saves money over time.

The reality is that without the ACA, if we were to go back to what he had, spending was going up faster.
 
Sure, but the CBO also says that Obamacare slows the growth of spending over time in a way that not having Obamacare wasn't.

Of course there will be more spending, baby boomers make up our largest generation and they're all pretty much senior citizens now. The problem is that the boomers have left the rest of us with a huge debt to take care of instead of planning more intelligently.

So now we have to do the planning for them. President Obama's preventive care policies are already starting to work. It's the First Lady's biggest issue, after all, child obesity and obesity in general.

When people eat better, their risks of needing healthcare services go down. With skinnier people instead of fat people, you get less diabetes and less of a lot of other ailments, too. That saves money over time.

The reality is that without the ACA, if we were to go back to what he had, spending was going up faster.

Way to work. Killed this thread dead.
 
Sure, but the CBO also says that Obamacare slows the growth of spending over time in a way that not having Obamacare wasn't.

Of course there will be more spending, baby boomers make up our largest generation and they're all pretty much senior citizens now. The problem is that the boomers have left the rest of us with a huge debt to take care of instead of planning more intelligently.

So now we have to do the planning for them. President Obama's preventive care policies are already starting to work. It's the First Lady's biggest issue, after all, child obesity and obesity in general.

When people eat better, their risks of needing healthcare services go down. With skinnier people instead of fat people, you get less diabetes and less of a lot of other ailments, too. That saves money over time.

The reality is that without the ACA, if we were to go back to what he had, spending was going up faster.

Actually, they just said exactly the opposite, but feel free to cling to your delusions.
 
Sure, but the CBO also says that Obamacare slows the growth of spending over time in a way that not having Obamacare wasn't.

Of course there will be more spending, baby boomers make up our largest generation and they're all pretty much senior citizens now. The problem is that the boomers have left the rest of us with a huge debt to take care of instead of planning more intelligently.

So now we have to do the planning for them. President Obama's preventive care policies are already starting to work. It's the First Lady's biggest issue, after all, child obesity and obesity in general.

When people eat better, their risks of needing healthcare services go down. With skinnier people instead of fat people, you get less diabetes and less of a lot of other ailments, too. That saves money over time.

The reality is that without the ACA, if we were to go back to what he had, spending was going up faster.

Actually, they just said exactly the opposite, but feel free to cling to your delusions.

the delusion is all yours ...
 

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