The economic report released last week by Health and Human Services, which indicated that President Barack Obama's health care "reform" law would actually increase the cost of health care and impose higher costs on consumers, had been submitted to the office of HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius more than a week before the Congressional votes on the bill, according to career HHS sources, who added that Sebelius's staff refused to review the document before the vote was taken.

"The reason we were given was that they did not want to influence the vote," says an HHS source. "Which is actually the point of having a review like this, you would think."

The analysis, performed by Medicare's Office of the Actuary, which in the past has been identified as a "nonpolitical" office, set off alarm bells when submitted. "We know a copy was sent to the White House via their legislative affairs staff," says the HHS staffer, "and there were a number of meetings here almost right after the analysis was submitted to the secretary's office. Everyone went into lockdown, and people here were too scared to go public with the report."

In the end, the report was released several weeks after the vote -- the review by the secretary's office reportedly took less than three days -- and bore a note that the analysis was not the official position of the Obama administration.

Yeah, I wanna see the apologists defend this one. Anyone have some popcorn?

But I'm pretty convinced the health care bill is not about health care, it's just a large stealth tax to boost government revenue.

It's crazy that this report's been out a week and I haven't heard about it. I'd expect a serious uproar.

LOL from who?

The media? /cry

Hrmmm...

Seems to me you are defeating your own argument in another thread here.

No Arathain, they paid their debt to their master and to relieve tension on their leash that is composed of denial of introspection ,lest it be burst under the growing pressure of shame-of-a-duty-ignored - the issue is released and the press feel that they are the bringers of truth to the people once again. Ready for the next round of bowing to the master.

No Arathain, they paid their debt to their master and to relieve tension on their leash that is composed of denial of introspection ,lest it be burst under the growing pressure of shame-of-a-duty-ignored - the issue is released and the press feel that they are the bringers of truth to the people once again. Ready for the next round of bowing to the master.

If I want my balls to feel good, I'll go find a chick media group with low enough self esteem to put them in her mouth....

No Arathain, they paid their debt to their master and to relieve tension on their leash that is composed of denial of introspection ,lest it be burst under the growing pressure of shame-of-a-duty-ignored - the issue is released and the press feel that they are the bringers of truth to the people once again. Ready for the next round of bowing to the master.