Blahous and Capretta: Exposing the Medicare Double Count
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Wall Street Journal
Blahous and Capretta: Exposing the Medicare Double Count
This excerpt originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal on May 1, 2012.
One of the enduring mysteries of President Obama's health law is how its spending constraints and payroll tax hikes on high earners can be used to shore up Medicare finances and at the same time pay for a massive new entitlement program. Isn't this double counting?
