double-counting

On February 4, 2011, PJM issued a joint statement with its Independent Market Monitor reiterating its position on so-called "double-counting" energy savings.

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In disputing the CBO report, Boehner argued that the budget office "can only provide a score based on the assumptions that are given to them, and if you go back and look at the health-care bill and the assumptions that were given to them, you see all of the double-counting that went on."

Boehner: Budget office "entitled to their opinion" on health care repeal's deficit impact Felicia Sonmez 2011

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor R-Va. disagreed, saying the Congressional Budget Office's predictions are flawed because the legislation "is riddled with double-counting and gimmicks."

House votes to repeal health-care law Amy Goldstein 2011

First, came Foster's assault on the double-counting utilized in theCBO scoring:

Rep. Paul Ryan 1, ObamaCare 0 Jennifer Rubin 2011

That the CBO is "double-counting" Medicare savings, when it's doing nothing of the kind something even Rep. Paul Ryan admits.

Health-care Rashomon Ezra Klein 2011

Add it up - $115 billion in discretionary costs, plus $521 billion in double-counting, plus $208 billion for a long-term doc fix minus the $143 billion of claimed savings - and the law would add $701 billion to the deficit over the next ten years.

What would it cost to repeal ObamaCare? Jennifer Rubin 2011

And if you go back and look at the health-care bill and the assumptions that were given to them, you see all of the double-counting that went on.

The battle over the health care bill Glenn Kessler 2011

Misleading claims on its deficit impact exclude the $115 billion needed to implement the law and over $500 billion in double-counting Social Security payroll taxes, CLASS Act premiums, and Medicare reductions.

What would it cost to repeal ObamaCare? Jennifer Rubin 2011

Let's look at the GOP charge that this number was cooked through "double-counting," questionable assumptions and the like.

The battle over the health care bill Glenn Kessler 2011

What's worse, ACA's advocates are double-counting this fictional savings, claiming it can pay both for the ACA's entitlements and Medicare solvency too.

Health Care Repeal Won't Add to the Deficit Douglas Holtz-Eakin 2011