You may remember that Democrats in the U.S. Senate passed their version of ObamaCare socialized medicine in late December without a single Republican vote and with not one Democrat vote to spare.
A key Republican objection was that there was simply no way to pay for the huge Senate bill any more than there was to pay for the narrowly approved House bill, which got only one GOP vote and was even opposed by 39 Democrats.
Fortunately, the election of Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown to the Senate — plus overwhelming public opposition — has reduced the chances that ObamaCare in its existing House or Senate form will pass.
So, with lots of talk about “compromise” and “bipartisanship” and “finding common ground” with Republicans, President Barack Obama has offered a slightly revised version of ObamaCare. It’s not really very different from the proposals in Congress, as it still includes a grab bag of new taxes and subsidies and big federal spending.
In fact, it’s ironic that anyone would consider the new proposal a “compromise” at all. The plan is $75 billion more expensive than the Senate legislation, The Wall Street Journal reported, coming in at a rough “guesstimate” of nearly $1 trillion. (And you know how big federal entitlements often vastly exceed the original price estimates.)