By Scott Hensley This is health overhaul? The Congressional Budget Office did its number-crunching magic on the House Republicans' health proposal and found that the bill wouldn't cost much--or put much of a dent in the ranks... [read full story]
|
RELATED
|
|
Jack Kingston, R-Ga, on the Democratic health care bill: “This bill is a wrecking ball to the entire economy,” said Representative Jack Kingston, Republican of Georgia. “ We need targeted specific reforms to help people who...
CBO Estimates Republican Legislation Would Leave 52 Million Americans Uninsured November 4, 2009 10:00 PM WASHINGTON, D.C. – Fifty-two million people would continue to go uninsured if the House Republican health care...
The following info is a statement from Senator Gregg (R-NH), the ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee:Senator Gregg: Updated CBO Estimate of House Bill Pulls Back the Curtain on Majority's Intent to Grow...
The Treasury recently reported that the federal government recorded a total budget deficit of $1.4 trillion in fiscal year 2009, about $960 billion more than the deficit incurred in 2008. CBO notes, in its latest Monthly Budget...
The totals below, I am told by the Heritage Foundation, do NOT include the $250 billion extra spending on Medicare to buy off the American Medical Association for their support of the U.S. House bill. The Democratic House...
Steny Hoyer’s op-ed uses all of the Democrats’ discredited talking points, which is why his op-ed is a disaster to people with common sense. Reform will mean security and stability for the middle class. Insurance companies will...
Last night CBO and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) released an estimate of the direct spending and revenue effects of H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, as introduced on October 29, 2009,...
Ezra Klein in the Washington Post : Republicans are learning an unpleasant lesson this morning: The only thing worse than having no health-care reform plan is releasing a bad one, getting thrashed by CBO and making the House...
"The Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday that the alternative health care bill proposed by House Republicans would have little impact in extending health benefits to the roughly 30 million uninsured Americans, but would...
The House is expected to vote on comprehensive health care reform Saturday. And conservatives have no excuse for voting against it. Their main concerns have been addressed. Conservatives have continually complained that...
