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Comparing Costs of the Health Care Reform Bills
Read moreClick here for CRFB's latest comparison chart, along with interactive graphs, comparing the costs and savings of the bill passed by the House to the...
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Opinion Piece on Budget Reform
Read moreMaya MacGuineas’ opinion piece in Roll Call, Reducing the Budget Deficit Requires More Than Just Health Care Reform, argues that: 1) while it is too...
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Reducing the Budget Deficit Requires More Than Just Health Care Reform
Read moreRoll Call | Sept. 15, 2009 On the current path, budget deficits will exceed $9 trillion over the next decade. This calls for a dramatic shift in the...
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The Second Ten Years
Read moreCQ reports that CBO is likely to score the costs of the Senate Finance Committee health care bill for the second ten year period. This is excellent...
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Selective Triggering
Read moreWe think triggers can be helpful in budgeting, by providing a back-up plan for when estimates prove wrong or conditions change, and by helping...
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Some Highlights from Obama's Health Care Speech
Read moreA few minutes ago, President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress to discuss health care reform. Although he talked about a wide array of...
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The Deficit Pledge
Read more"I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits – either now or in the future. Period.” That is a clear cut pledge, and a very good one...
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Those 'Health Care Gimmicks' Are Still Out There
Read moreToday, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation released a Lewin Group analysis of the current House health care reform bill (America’s Affordable Health...
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What We'd Like to Hear in the President's Speech Tonight
Read more1. Health reform is first and foremost about controlling costs – There are three major problems people would like to solve through health reform: cost...
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Pandering to Seniors
Read moreResponsible budgeting is always challenging – but it is particularly so when the discussion centers on certain “third rail" issues like seniors...