Commentary

What’s in the Health Care Bill?

By Sam Batkins
Thursday, August 06 2009

According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the myriad of new taxes scattered throughout the 1,000-plus-page House health care bill will do little to lessen our $9 trillion national debt. In fact, the CBO projects that H.R. 3200, which will cost taxpayers well over $1 trillion, is set to increase the national debt by $239 billion over the next ten years. What’s worse, the cost-savings that taxpayers have been promised by President Obama are not in the bill. There are, however, plenty of other goodies hidden deep in its text. Taxes. Taxes. Mandates. And then some more taxes. That’s…

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