DETAILS, DETAILS, WHO NEEDS DETAILS? – AT 8:31 A.M. ET:  There are these little problems with Obamacare.  Why do people bring them up and ruin the party?  From Fox:

WASHINGTON -- Two of the central promises of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law are unlikely to be fulfilled, Medicare's independent economic expert told Congress on Wednesday.

The landmark legislation probably won't hold costs down, and it won't let everybody keep their current health insurance if they like it, Chief Actuary Richard Foster told the House Budget Committee. His office is responsible for independent long-range cost estimates.

You may be certain that some ultra-libs in the Obama administration are researching the possibility of sending this cat to Guantanamo.  That's the way they did it in Mother Russia, didn't they?

Foster's assessment came a day after Obama in his State of the Union message told lawmakers that he's open to improvements in the law, but unwilling to rehash the health care debate of the past two years. Republicans want to repeal the landmark legislation that provides coverage to more than 30 million people now uninsured, but lack the votes.

Foster was asked by Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., for a simple true or false response on two of the main assertions made by supporters of the law: that it will bring down unsustainable medical costs and will let people keep their current health insurance if they like it.

On the costs issue, "I would say false, more so than true," Foster responded.

As for people getting to keep their coverage, "not true in all cases."

COMMENT:  The truth comes out, drip by drip.  Why couldn't this have been determined before the law was passed?  Now it is up to the Republicans to come up with fixes, get them passed, and take the credit.  That's the way the game is played.

January 27, 2011