tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post5247217214714830148..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: Lie of the YearDavid Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-82374447821503166622009-12-21T22:05:40.738-08:002009-12-21T22:05:40.738-08:00Of course, given that most of the right thinks the...Of course, given that most of the right thinks the Independent Medicare Advisory Board is <br /><br />(a) "Independent Medical Advisory Board," which obviously would have much greater powers than over just Medicare; and<br /><br />(b) capable of deciding which individuals get treatment, rather than setting rates for Medicare reimbursement that are binding on Congress unless there's a 2/3 vote against;<br /><br />the need to avoid cognitive dissonance means that they've just written off PolitiFact as the liars.<br /><br />(They've gotten <a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/12/reid_bill_declares_future_cong_1.asp" rel="nofollow">hysterical about it again</a> in the last few days because of that binding provision that procedurally would require a 2/3 Senate majority to eliminate.)PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.com