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Killgore Trout11/05/2009 9:12:15 am PST

re: #574 studentpatriot

Hey Charles,

Could we get the GOP version of a health care bill posted on LGF?

It’s probably not worth the effort…
GOP Health Bill Would Leave 52 Million Uninsured

…Congressional Budget Office’s analysis of the GOP’s legislative alternative, which, CBO found, would leave 52 million nonelderly Americans uninsured in 2019 — about 6 million more than are uninsured today.

The GOP bill, CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf said last night, would cut federal deficit spending by $68 billion over the next decade, while “reducing the number of nonelderly people without health insurance by about 3 million in 2019 and leaving about 52 million nonelderly residents uninsured. The share of legal nonelderly residents with insurance coverage in 2019—83 percent—would be roughly in line with the current share.”

I think it’s like the alternative Republican budget. They aren’t serious about it. It’s just kid of a formality.