Prior to passage of the PPACA and immediately after the CBO confirmed its cost and that it would be deficit neutral, I emailed the CBO and said this, " I am doubtful that your report on the cost of the PPACA is accurate and I am doubtful that those of us that currently have health insurance will see our premiums decrease or that there will be a reduction in the overall cost of medical care, as it appears the only means of reducing medical care costs is through reducing medicare and Medicaid payments to physician, hospital and other providers, taxing the providers of durable medical goods, taxing individuals that don't qualify for subsidies and are still unable to afford the offered premiums. None of which have anything to do with lowering the actual cost of providing health care. I didn't receive a reply, and I didn't think I would as the CBO isn't responsible to the taxpayer and only offers their opinion based upon the parameters of the question presented to them. Therefore, I don't believe that anything they say has any meaning whatsoever. Well, now it is clear that much of what the CBO "so called studies" reported were not accurate and that the "ACA" was passed as "deficit neutral", lower premiums, reducing the cost of medical care and lowering the emergency room and total cost to taxpayers; was simply not true and not based on the total facts and information available to the CBO. Since the CBO is only allowed to "score" legislation based on the information and the question submitted by legislators and without using all information relative to legislation or question proposed; their "score"/ "report" is obviously not a totally accurate picture, and is biased. Clearly not scientific and often not creditable. In essence, one can get the results/score they want by submitting the questions and data that will yield the score/answer they want. As this is the case, I question how the CBO operates. I believe they should provide scores and reports based on all information, data available to them in regard to the question or task submitted to them. Your thoughts please.
