Thursday, November 05, 2009

Eric Cantor Defends Republican Healthcare Bill

Are they joking?
Republicans came up with a bill that doesn't address preexisting conditions, would only cover 3 million additional people and costs a lot of money-$68 billion through 2019. What's the point? Talk about little bang for the buck.
The House bill would cover 36 million people. See Congressional Budget Office's assessment of the bill here.
Eric Cantor says the bill does address preexisting conditions. Andrea Mitchell counters. She also asks about the signs at the tea party rally. Cantor ought to be ashamed to have been part of the protest today. I listened to most of it. It was despicable.