Money slated for health law gets detoured

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Washington Times:

In cash-strapped Washington, President Obama’s $1 trillion health care law is presenting a tempting target for lawmakers seeking funds for other projects, as Congress last week raided the health care piggy bank for the third time in less than a year.

Congress last week axed a part of Democrats’ signature domestic achievement to find $11 billion to cover the cost of repealing a withholding tax that otherwise would have hit government contractors in 2013. Mr. Obama signed that bill into law on Monday.

The withholding bill follows two other efforts — one in December and another in April — that reworked the health care law to squeeze savings for other priorities. The December bill funded higher payments for doctors who treat Medicare patients, and the April legislation repealed a paperwork provision in the original health care law that businesses said would be onerous.

All told, Congress and the president have tapped some $50 billion earmarked to pay for benefits and programs in the health care overhaul in future years to fund more-immediate spending needs.
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The health care bill turns into a Congressional cash cow...

[clearvision]

So we are "stealing" from the "estimated" savings (which won't happen).

[RandyM]

Like people using Visa to pay off MasterCard.

[Argyle58]

This is the same thing they've been doing to the Social Security funds. Obamacare will be broke before it's even implemented.