02.06.10 03:04 PM posted by cominius
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An email today from Mybarrackobama.com asked me to write a letter to my local paper and post the link below on Facebook. The email said: "An alarming new study shows that health care costs increased last year at the fastest rate in more than a half century. Health care spending rose to an estimated $2.5 trillion in 2009, or $8,047 per person -- and is now projected to nearly double by 2019. If we don't act, this growing burden will mean more lost jobs, more families pushed into bankruptcy, and more crushing debt for our nation. The conclusion is clear: This isn't a problem we can kick down the road for another decade -- or even another year. We need to pass health reform now."
Readers will note an initial lie (act of omission) that although this was an html email there was no link provided to that "alarming new study." Don't want you folks being influenced by facts or informed about the source of the 'study'. The second lie, discovered on actually finding the study, was that most of that additional health care spending was by the government. It was being spent on people in government health plans like Medicaid and Medicare. The government spending had been heavily influenced by government policies to spend more. It had also been influenced by the first wave of baby boomers transitioning to Medicare.
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