CRFB has yet again updated its health care comparison chart -- as well as its interactive shareable graphs -- in light of CBO's latest score of the Senate health care bill.
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From Greg Mankiw:
Imagine you have a friend who has a budget problem. Every month he spends more than he earns. His credit card bills are piling up. He is clearly on an unsustainable path. Then one day he comes to you with an idea.
Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy:
The New York Times called on Congress to do more to create jobs. They criticized Congress for not being able to pass "a puny bill that is expected to create, at most, a few hundred thousand jobs this year. The Times suggested making another round of fiscal aid to the states to prevent counterproductive fiscal tightening.
Yesterday GAO released its annual report on the fiscal outlook for state and local governments and the news is not good. GAO found that that the short-term outlook is better in March 2010 than it was just a short year ago, primarily due to the Recovery Act federal grants to states. But the continuing effects of the recession on state revenues and expenditures will continue the pressure on their near-term budgets. GAO estimates that these g
Ever since Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts, there has been a lot of talk about Democrats using budget reconciliation to pass a comprehensive health care bill in the Senate. A New York Times article by David Herszenhorn describes reconciliation as an "evening out."
Yesterday, the White House released its version of a health care reform bill to restart the debate on how to reform the country's health care system. The CBO has announced that it will not be able to provide a detailed cost estimate of the proposal this week, citing additional needed information and the complexity of the issues involved.
Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy:
The New York Times argued that the temporarily higher federal matching for state Medicaid funds should continue past the end of next year, when the higher matching rates are set to expire. They claimed that this would be a good way to help states' budgets and will help the increased numbers of poor people who currently rely on Medicaid for healthcare.
Update: The Wonk Room has put together a short table comparing the President's plan to the House and Senate bills. Check it out below.
