If at first you don't succeed ...
The U.S. House of Representatives is trying once again to repeal the federal Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, and the House Rules Committee has scheduled a hearing for Monday (Feb. 2) on a new bill that would overturn the plan, as well as the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
However, the agency charged with estimating costs associated with new legislation said today they can't do it. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said such an analysis would take "at least several weeks because there are hundreds of provisions in the laws that would be repealed and those provisions are in various stages of implementation. Therefore, we are unable to provide such an estimate at this time."
One wonders how long it will take for the message to get through to the adamant opponents of social welfare. Health care is too important to be left entirely to the private sector, much of which is driven largely by a profit motive.
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