Sebelius Admits: Costs Keep Going UP
In an exchange with Sen. Ensign, Secretary Sebelius admitted that health costs continue to rise despite (or perhaps because of) the enactment of the health care law. But that’s not what candidate Obama promised – he said repeatedly his bill would CUT costs by $2500 for the average American family, and that those reductions would occur within Obama’s first term. (A sample of candidate Obama’s promises are listed here.) Unfortunately, however, the Medicare actuary agrees with Secretary Sebelius, noting that the health care law will RAISE costs by $310,800,000,000, and further admitting the promise that the health care law would lower costs was “false, more so than true.”
Whatever people may have thought about the law prior to its enactment, they are seeing its ramifications in their pocketbooks and paychecks every week. The American people continue to advocate for true health reform – but seeing the results of Democrats’ law in their wallets, they can recognize that what was enacted last year isn’t it.