Claim: Democrats in Congress have been pleased with the Congressional Budget Office's findings that both the House and Senate health care bills would reduce the deficit over 10 years. But is that assessment due to some accounting trickery in the bills? The conservative Employment Policies Institute is airing an ad on cable news networks featuring June O'Neill, former director of the CBO in the mid- to late '90s, who says that "some politicians are using accounting gimmicks to hide the cost"
Fact-check: Gimmicks in the Health Care Bill? - FactCheck.org
Verdict: democrats in congress have been pleased with the congressional budget office's findings that both the house and senate health care bills would reduce the deficit over 10 years. but is that assessment due to some accounting trickery in the bills? the conservative employment policies institute is airing an ad on cable news networks featuring june o'neill, former director of the cbo in the mid- to late '90s, who says that "some politicians are using accounting gimmicks to hide the cost"
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Lori Robertson
Date published: 2009-11-20T22:26:05