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Healthcare Savings Likely to be Eclipsed by Stimulus Extensions
Read moreForbes had a piece Monday by Alex Brill and Amy Roden of the American Enterprise Institute about the potential for stimulus programs to expand the...
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Congress Debates Medicare Payment Patches
Read moreUpdate: Debate on this issue got pushed back until today in the Senate. CRFB recently released this press release on the issue : Don't Let Doc Fix Add...
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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...