tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2144856674271066060.post5791596316024363190..comments2023-10-18T01:51:47.968-07:00Comments on The Remmers Report: U.S. Health Agency Predicts Higher CostsJerry K. Remmershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06431399785911786408noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2144856674271066060.post-35148198666548726642010-04-24T09:53:56.592-07:002010-04-24T09:53:56.592-07:00This was known before health care reform passed. ...This was known before health care reform passed. <br /><br />Over the next decade, the Affordable Care Act expands coverage, and offsets the cost with a mix of new taxes and spending reductions. It's not supposed to control costs over this time. It will provide coverage to some 30 million people who don't have it, while only expanding total spending by less than one percent. That's what it's supposed to do.<br /><br />Then, after 2019, the cost controls kick in and the total spending on health care will be reduced. Conservatives are attempting to draw sweeping conclusions from only half of the available information and make it fit into their anti-HCR talking points. An honest criticism would acknowledge the fact that this information was known a year ago and include post-2019 cost projections.<br /><br /> This demonstrates the "epistemic closure" of the conservative mind we've been hearing so much about lately.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com