The Congressional Budget Office released a report this week that revealed that the proposed health care bill would not increase the deficit. But is it that simple? Cato health care policy experts have examined the bill and added up the costs. Here are a few things they have found:
- Congress has been cooking the books: “When it comes to the health care reform debate…honest budgeting is nowhere to be seen.”
- Costs will only decrease if we give market forces room to breathe.
- How some in Congress are hiding the true costs of the health care overhaul.
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