The Congressional Budget Office released a statement today saying that they can't score the new Obama health plan because it lacks detail:
This morning the Obama Administration released a description of its health care proposal, and CBO has already received several requests to provide a cost estimate for that proposal. We had not previously received the proposal, and we have just begun the process of reviewing it—a process that will take some time, given the complexity of the issues involved. Although the proposal reflects many elements that were included in the health care bills passed by the House and the Senate last year, it modifies many of those elements and also includes new ones. Moreover, preparing a cost estimate requires very detailed specifications of numerous provisions, and the materials that were released this morning do not provide sufficient detail on all of the provisions. Therefore, CBO cannot provide a cost estimate for the proposal without additional detail, and, even if such detail were provided, analyzing the proposal would be a time-consuming process that could not be completed this week.
Hmmm. I wonder if that was done intentionally to buy some time to attempt to garner support for this monstrosity. Reid is saying it will pass within 60 days and if the White House plays coy with those details the CBO needs, the true price tag may not be known for weeks.
That's a lot of time to get this done before the sticker shock sets in and Democrats jump ship.
