Today’s Wall Street Journal posted an article about the ongoing debate over healthcare reform.  The article quotes President Obama as saying, “Every argument has been made. Everything that there is to say about health care has been said, and just about everybody has said it,”  Then the article explains that not only is that statement false, almost everything this administration has said about the cost of their healthcare proposals is also false. 

Representative Paul Ryan made a number of statements at the recent healthcare summit that are in direct conflict with what the Obama Administration is saying, yet no one has addressed these statements or proved them false.  Possibly because they are true.

The article points out:

“At his press conference yesterday, Mr. Obama claimed that “my proposal would bring down the cost of health care for millions–families, businesses and the federal government.” He said it is “fully paid for” and “brings down our deficit by up to $1 trillion over the next two decades.” Never before has a vast new entitlement been sold on the basis of fiscal responsibility, and one reason ObamaCare is so unpopular is that Americans understand the contradiction between untold new government subsidies and claims of spending restraint. They know a Big Con when they hear one.”

This is quite a statement.  The article outlines the lies currently being presented to the American people on the subject of healthcare reform.  The hope is that as the American people see the lies and make their voices heard, our representatives will reconsider their plan to push this bill through Congress by using parliamentary trickery.