October 21, 2009 10:32AM

Parsing Pelosi: House Health Takeover Would Cost around $2.25 Trillion

By Michael F. Cannon

Just like the Senate Finance Committee’s government takeover, the House of Representatives’ government takeover hides more than half of its cost by pushing those costs off the government’s budget and onto the private sector.

So when Speaker Pelosi says the House bill would cost under $900 billion, what she actually means is that it would cost around $2.25 trillion.

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