How Vulnerable is ObamaCare to Politically Sensitive Sources of Funding?
According to a recent Congressional Budget Office letter:
Should (a) the “Cadillac tax” on employer-sponsored plans not be implemented as scheduled in 2018, and should (b) half of the Medicare savings provisions be repealed or otherwise not implemented the law will increase the deficit by up to $500 billion in its second decade.
(HT to Chris Jacobs.)
This is just another way of saying that Obama Care isn’t paid for.
Ditto Bruce.
Obviously it is very vulnerable. That means that it was never paid for in the first place.
Paying for Medicaid expansion and the generous Exchange subsidies in the Affordable Care Act by cutting Medicare provider payments was disingenuous. Members of Congress knew the cuts couldn’t take place without reducing seniors’ access to care.
What can you say. Fraud is fraud.