edited by: Sally Jo Sorensen,
Minnesota Editor
Democrats talking about health care keep touting the fact that their bill bends the cost curve down. They point to the CBO reports telling the world that their legislation is deficit neutral.
I’ve said it before and I’ll repeat it again: Big whoop!!!
First off, the deficit neutrality wasn’t achieved through good [...]
Democrats talking about health care keep touting the fact that their bill bends the cost curve down. They point to the CBO reports telling the world that their legislation is deficit neutral.
I've said it before and I'll repeat it again: Big whoop!!!
First off, the deficit neutrality wasn't achieved through good' [...]
The Cato Institute’s Michael Cannon wrote that House Democrats are intentionally gaming the CBO system in an attempt to limit the public’s outcry against the bill:
Obama budget director Peter Orszag laid the groundwork for this feat. While director of the CBO in 2007 and 2008, he fostered a more [...]
The Cato Institute's Michael Cannon wrote that House Democrats are intentionally gaming the CBO system in an attempt to limit the public's outcry against the bill:
Obama budget director Peter Orszag laid the groundwork for this feat. While director of the CBO in 2007 and 2008, he fostered a more [...]
Ezra Klein today in his Washington Post blog writes some comments about the CBO's analysis.
The meat of the Klein post:
The Democratic bill, in other words, covers 12 times as many people [...]
So much for all the bragging last week about cutting the cost of Government’s takeover of the health care industry to $871 Billion.
CBO Puts House Health Bill Total Cost At $1.055 TrillionWASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Congressional Budget Officesaid Thursday a U.S. House health-care system re-write would extend health insurance to 96% [...]
According to this Politico article, Democrats are pushing that more of the ‘benefits’ of their health care system be delivered in 2010, assuming that it passes by then. The reason why the Senate Finance Committee legislation passed CBO muster is because it counted 10 years of tax increases but [...]
According to this Politico article, Democrats are pushing that more of the 'benefits' of their health care system be delivered in 2010, assuming that it passes by then. The reason why the Senate Finance Committee legislation passed CBO muster is because it counted 10 years of tax increases but [...]
MINNEAPOLIS (CWM) — According to Speaker Pelosi, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office released a preliminary report that projects the House Health Care Reform Bill with a robust public option will reduce the deficit. The final report due Wednesday is expected to provide more information and offer [...]
CBO also found that the Democrats' bill reduces the deficit in the first 10 years.
This new [...]
When the House bills were first scored by the CBO, each carried a price tag in excess of $1,000,000,000,000. The deficit created by the bill in the first decade was just short of $250,000,000,000. Based on those numbers, I’m skeptical of Speaker Pelosi’s claims that the new CBO scoring [...]
When the House bills were first scored by the CBO, each carried a price tag in excess of $1,000,000,000,000. The deficit created by the bill in the first decade was just short of $250,000,000,000. Based on those numbers, I'm skeptical of Speaker Pelosi's claims that the new CBO scoring' [...]
Senate Democrats are still playing games with CBO. CBO said that the Finance Committee bill would reduce the deficit by $81,000,000,000, thanks in large part to the proposed $404,000,000,000 in Medicare cuts. Cato Institute’s Michael Tanner just posted this little trickery:
When the Senate Finance Committee released CBO scoring of [...]
Senate Democrats are still playing games with CBO. CBO said that the Finance Committee bill would reduce the deficit by $81,000,000,000, thanks in large part to the proposed $404,000,000,000 in Medicare cuts. Cato Institute’s Michael Tanner just posted the Democrats’ latest trickery:
When the Senate Finance Committee released CBO scoring [...]
Senate Democrats are still playing games with CBO. CBO said that the Finance Committee bill would reduce the deficit by $81,000,000,000, thanks in large part to the proposed $404,000,000,000 in Medicare cuts. Cato Institute's Michael Tanner just posted this little trickery:
When the Senate Finance Committee released CBO scoring of [...]
