<![CDATA[Hey Moderates, Public Health Plan Option Will Cut Costs (And Other Fun Facts)]]>

1.0 link 218838 <![CDATA[Hey Moderates, Public Health Plan Option Will Cut Costs (And Other Fun Facts)]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-scher/hey-moderates-public-heal_b_218838.html The Senate and the Beltway media got the vapors last week when the Congressional Budget Office estimated the government cost of two draft Senate health care proposals to be above $1 trillion.

With the media presenting the preliminary CBO price tag devoid of any context, Senate Finance Committee chair Max Baucus panicked, delayed introduction of a bill and produced a new draft with no public health plan option. The Senate minority of Republicans and right-leaning Senate Democrats who never...

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