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Evaluating Health Care Plans
Read moreBuilding on Comparing Health Care Plans, this paper goes beyond simply describing the Senate HELP bill, the House Tri-Committee bill, and the amended...
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US Budget Watch Releases Analysis of Fiscal Implications of Health Care Reform Plans
Read moreToday US Budget Watch released "Evaluating Health Care Plans: An Analysis of the Short- and Long-Term Fiscal Implications of Reform Plans." The paper...
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Senate Finance Committee Passes Health Care Bill
Read moreThe Senate Finance Committee voted this afternoon 14-9 to pass the America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009 out of Committee. Republican Olympia Snowe was...
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What About Cutting Spending?
Read moreIn their oped in the Washington Post today, Henry Aaron and Isabel Sawhill argue that raising taxes will be necessary to close the fiscal gap and help...
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Comparing Health Care Plans: A Guide to Reform Proposals
Read moreWhile there is broad agreement that health reform is necessary, there is little consensus on what changes are needed. To help the public understand...
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US Budget Watch Releases Paper Comparing Health Care Reform Plans
Read moreToday, US Budget Watch released a new paper, Comparing Health Care Plans: A Guide to Health Care Reform Proposals, highlighting the ten-year costs and...
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Finance Committee to Continue Work on Health Bill Next Week
Read moreThis has been a big week in the Senate Finance Committee regarding work on the health care reform bill. The Committee endued many all-day sessions...
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Chairman's Mark of Finance Committee Bill, and Proposed Amendments
Read moreToday, the Senate Finance Committee is continuing to mark-up the Committee’s health care reform bill. In total, the Committee is considering 564...
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CBO Releases Analysis of Finance Committee Health Care Reform Bill
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released the preliminary analysis of the completed specifications for the Finance Committee’s Chairman’s...