Numb and Numbers: Sebelius Keeps up Health Care Spin
If denial were an Olympic sport, the Obama administration would have a
gold-medal team. In the latest ObamaCare numbers charade, Kathleen
Sebelius tries to persuade skeptical reporters that the health care law
won't drive down employment. Tell that to the Congressional Budget
Office (CBO). Obviously, legislation isn't the only thing liberals
don't read, else the HHS Secretary would know how ridiculous
her statement sounds in light of the group's latest analysis.
In two weeks, Americans haven't forgotten the stark warning from CBO,
which blames ObamaCare for pushing as many two million full-time people
out of the job market by 2017 -- and a total of 2.5 million in the next
10 years. And the projections (double what the agency originally
estimated) don't include the major fallout from the employer mandate --
another provision the White House illegally delayed and wasn't factored
into the
CBO report.
Still, Sebelius claims, "There is absolutely no evidence, and every
economist will tell you this, that there is any job-loss related to the
Affordable Care Act. The number of full-time workers continues to
increase. I know that's a popular myth that continues to be repeated but
it just is not accurate."