Senate Republicans grilled Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana) on the floor today, pointing out once again that his $2.5 trillion health care reform bill is paid for by gutting Medicare, increasing taxes, and adding to the national deficit. The video is below:



Incidentally, you can see Baucus conceding that his bill really costs $2.5 trillion at the beginning of the video. His admission was previously covered here.

The deficit-neutral number Dems have been flaunting is only true if you start the ten-year countdown before the plan goes into effect. If you start the countdown of the plan’s cost when the plan actually goes into effect, we reach $2.5 trillion.