CBO Says House Democrats' Health Care Tab = $1.055 Trillion and CountingBill Violates President's $900 Billion PledgeMYTH
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1.President Obama, in his remarks to a joint session of Congress, specifically stated that once you “add it all up” the cost will be “around $900 billion over 10 years,” Here is the President’s full quote: “Now, add it all up, and the plan I'm proposing will cost around $900 billion over 10 years -- less than we have spent on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and less than the tax cuts for the wealthiest few Americans that Congress passed at the beginning of the previous administration.” (Emphasis added, Source: President Obama, Transcript of Remarks by the President to a Joint Session of Congress on Health Care) ### |