Heidi Alexander said "I wonder if the Senator knows whether this comprehensive health care bill--which is going to "save" the government money; not run up the deficit--includes the amount of money it costs the government to pay doctors to serve Medicare patients. If it does not include that amount--which I believe I heard the Representative from Wisconsin say was $371 billion in the President's budget over 10 years--would that not be like asking the Congressional Budget Office to tell you the cost of a horse farm without the horses? Can the Senator from Arizona imagine a comprehensive health care program that does not include the cost of paying doctors to serve Medicare patients? If it does not, does that not clearly mean that just that one provision will guarantee that the bill will increase the Federal deficit?" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 18, 2010

I wonder if the Senator knows whether this comprehensive health care bill--which is going to "save" the government money; not run up the deficit--includes the amount of money it costs the government to pay doctors to serve Medicare patients. If it does not include that amount--which I believe I heard the Representative from Wisconsin say was $371 billion in the President's budget over 10 years--would that not be like asking the Congressional Budget Office to tell you the cost of a horse farm without the horses? Can the Senator from Arizona imagine a comprehensive health care program that does not include the cost of paying doctors to serve Medicare patients? If it does not, does that not clearly mean that just that one provision will guarantee that the bill will increase the Federal deficit?

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Heidi Alexander

Labour Party

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Editor's note · Context

The speaker questions the financial implications of a comprehensive health care bill regarding Medicare costs.

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