Tuesday, January 24, 2006

GOP Gangsters

The Rethug mob just made a deal that will cost us $22,000,000,000.

Closed-Door Deal Makes $22 Billion Difference

House and Senate GOP negotiators, meeting behind closed doors last month to complete a major budget-cutting bill, agreed on a change to Senate-passed Medicare legislation that would save the health insurance industry $22 billion over the next decade, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

The Senate version would have targeted private HMOs participating in Medicare by changing the formula that governs their reimbursement, lowering payments $26 billion over the next decade. But after lobbying by the health insurance industry, the final version made a critical change that had the effect of eliminating all but $4 billion of the projected savings, according to CBO and other health policy experts.
And we're supposed to believe that these corrupt cocksuckers can clean their own house?

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