Robust enrollments and shockingly good healthcare cost estimates are nothing to celebrate, says Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY). So he wants the White House to
just shut up about it already.
"It's time for the White House to stop celebrating and start thinking about the people," Barrasso said on the Senate floor on Wednesday.
He also criticized the administration for touting a report from the Congressional Budget Office on Monday, which found that ObamaCare was becoming cheaper in the long run. Those costs were dropping because of decreases in healthcare spending and a smaller-than-expected enrollment drive—which Barrasso said is nothing to celebrate.
Actually, the
costs are even lower than what the CBO estimated spending on health care would be
before the law was implemented. So even with the subsidies and Medicaid expansion spending added into the mix, the government is spending less on health care overall than the CBO projected five years ago. Which is pretty much a big deal. No wonder Barrasso doesn't want anyone talking about that.
"The Obama administration and every Democrat who voted for it should be embarrassed for it," Barrasso says. This is coming from the guy supposedly "leading the Senate’s working group to create an Obamacare alternative." He should know from embarrassed.