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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...
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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...