This column originally appeared on The American Spectator on October 16, 2009.

The Obama White House hesitated not at all in labeling the AHIP study “an insurance industry hatchet job.” The study in question was one conducted by a policy group that is funded by the industry.

The study said that premiums on the average family would go up $4,000 if the Baucus bill — which cleared the Senate Finance Committee recently on an almost straight-line party vote — is enacted into law. The White House’s quick and dismissive response said that of course the industry will howl — their ox is being gored.

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