Hey Remember When ObamaCare Was Going To Cut The Deficit? Well, Not So Much

Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) schools HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the costs and broken promises of ObamaCare.

Follow the link for the whole (short) exchange and see Sebelius fumble around like a clueless clown but here's a taste.

JOHNSON: So now we, we’ve reduced that $143 billion by $86 billion – by not getting revenue from the CLASS Act – and now $111 billion because we’ve increased the mandatory costs of the exchanges, correct?

SEBELIUS: I’m assuming the numbers are correct. I’m sorry I don’t have them.

JOHNSON: So, when you add those together, that’s $197 billion added to the first 10-year cost estimate of Obamacare, so now we are instead of saving $143 billion, we are adding $54 billion to our deficit, correct?

SEBELIUS: Sir I –

JOHNSON: We’ll submit that to the record. But, that’s basically true. So instead of saving $143 billion, by this administration’s own figures and budget, we’re now adding $54 billion to our deficit in the first 10 years. To me, that would be the first broken promise.

Remember when Pelosi said "we have to pass the bill to find out what's in it"? Well we did and now we know...lies, higher costs and less freedom. Of course some of us knew that from the start.

posted by DrewM. at 11:45 AM

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