Presidential Health Care Assertions vs. Facts

In Obama's speech on Wednesday he made - as usual - grand claims about what his health care bill would accomplish. He asserted it would:
1. not add “one dime” to the federal budget deficit, now or at any time in the future.
2. lower costs for families, businesses, and government. and
3. would pay for most of the cost of the plan by eliminating waste and inefficiency in Medicare and Medicaid.


All three are unsubstantiated claims that are in fact contradicted by - gasp! - the facts, history and common sense. The following link to the article by James Capretta details the outright lies behind these claims

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