Brokaw clueless about the cost of the public option

[ProSense]

Actually, it'd save money and reduce the deficit

Tom Brokaw -- after lecturing us on how ignorant Americans are when it comes to health care reform -- wrongly claims that the public option would cost $1 trillion.

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Uh, actually a preliminary CBO estimate said the public option would save $150 billion. Yes, save. The fact is, health care reform without a public option would be more expensive than health care reform with a public option. (And as a nice little bonus, a smaller proportion of the money would go to the private health insurance companies that created the health care mess int he first place.)

[tularetom]

1. You could have omitted the last seven words of your post title

And it would still be true. Truer, perhaps.

[Enthusiast]

7. Zackly

He is worse than useless.

[Pyrzqxgl]

2. Brokaw has never been one to side with Democrats.

He's usually on the distortion side of most any issue.

[Cha]

3. That's not all that fucking excuse for a reporterhead is clueless

about.

Is he just willfully ignorant or is fucking Whoring for the corporate GE?

[sallyseven]

10. Whoring for the Corporate GE.

He is also failing at filling Russets seat. Gregory is a looser. He cannot manage smart people.

[babylonsister]

4. Another 'expert'? I wish he'd retire already. imo he showed his true

colors during the debates. It'd be nice if someone from the CBO was asked to comment, but I s'pose that would take too much effort.

[BREMPRO]

5. the fact that the CBO has determined that a public opton would SAVE money

should be ALL OVER HE NEWS RIGHT NOW. one of the biggest complaints by conservatives is that the so called "governmen takeover' of health care would cost money. Here we have independant evidence it would save money. I HOPE OBAMA USES THIS fact IN HIS SPEECH. THis is huge and a game changer in the debate.

[grantcart]

6. I saw him on MTP and he got he subsidy for poor Americans mixed up

with the PO. Everyone at the table nodded their heads in agreement. That fucking idiot Ford from Tennessee said "And Tom is spot on with his analysis".


I couldn't watch anymore.

[Cha]

11. It makes me wonder if harold ford should

have his ears cleaned out?

[Phx_Dem]

8. Brokaw should stick to drinking. He's better at that.

[Doctor_J]

9. He's not clueless. He's lying

You give him too much credit. I would have more respect for him if he were clueless.

[Festivito]

12. Hmm, a million for me, 150 billion for them? NO BRAINER!/nt