Yesterday, we noticed something strange about the Associated Press‘ coverage of the House’s health care bill unveiling. A preliminary Congressional Budget Office analysis pegged the price of that legislation at about $1 trillion, and by and large, that’s how reporters characterized the cost of the bill. But not the AP, which, relying seemingly on the good faith of an anonymous Democratic aide, said the bill would actually cost $1.5 trillion. Soon, Newt Gingrich picked up that ball and ran with it, and Democratic health care leaders and their aides were fuming.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=140612