Health Care: Which Chart Scares You More?

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House Minority Leader John Boehner, borrowing a tactic from the health care wars of 15 years ago, has put together an arresting graphic “to expose the truth about the Democrats’ health care plan to the American people.” Over at TNR, Jon Cohn has responded with one that looks at how things work now. I’m posting both of them below. Which is scarier?

THE BOEHNER CHART OF WHAT THE HOUSE DEMS’ PLAN WOULD LOOK LIKE

boehnerchart

JON COHN’S CHART OF WHAT THE CURRENT SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE:

cohn chart

(You can click on the images to enlarge them.)