Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius admitted that Obamacare might cause "some men and younger customers [to] see their rates increase," in regard to health care insurance costs. But the White House refused today to address Sebelius's comments, and would only insist that health care costs will be lowered because of Obamacare.
Here's a White House spokesman, Josh Earnest, being asked about the comments today:
"What I would actually point you to is," he said. "I would actually point to the results that we're already seeing from the Affordable Care Act, which is the savings of $2.1 billion and the analysis from the CBO that actually says in the future we're going to see rates that are lower, for higher benefits."
Earnest claimed he hadn't seen Sebelius's remarks.
One of the costliest tax deductions in the IRS code is the one that allows homeowners to deduct their mortgage interest from their income. The $477 billion in deductions taxpayers claimed last year (which includes second homes and home equity loans, and covers mortgages up to $1 million) is highly skewed to upper income households concentrated in the suburbs of a few major metropolitan areas and along the coasts.
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A failed presidency is a terrible thing to witness. A failed presidency with more than two years left to run is also dangerous for the country. So, even though it would be easy for The Weekly Standard to allow your administration to continue on its current path to perdition, thereby ensuring massive GOP gains this November and a likely victory in 2012, we offer, in a spirit of bipartisanship and patriotism, some advice.