http://dmarron.com/2009/05/29/drawing-the-line-on-health-insuranc/ Musings on Economics, Finance, and Life Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:27:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://dmarron.com/2009/05/29/drawing-the-line-on-health-insuranc/#comment-2028 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:31:00 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=211#comment-2028 I find a wonderful development in your composing, I would like to get in touch. Keep up the excellent perform! Your composing is incredibly inspirational for somebody who’s new at all to this type of information.

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]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/05/29/drawing-the-line-on-health-insuranc/#comment-1004 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:55:52 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=211#comment-1004 [...] are so intrusive that the regulated activities should be reflected in the budget; as I noted in one of my first posts, that was a key issue during the debate over the Clinton health [...]

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/05/29/drawing-the-line-on-health-insuranc/#comment-390 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:26:45 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=211#comment-390 [...] I’ve discussed in a series of posts (e.g., here and here), the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has a pivotal role in the health debate. By telling [...]

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/05/29/drawing-the-line-on-health-insuranc/#comment-388 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:04:42 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=211#comment-388 [...] 17, 2009 by Donald Marron As I’ve discussed in a series of posts (e.g., here and here), the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has a pivotal role in the health debate. By telling [...]

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/05/29/drawing-the-line-on-health-insuranc/#comment-125 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:04:41 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=211#comment-125 [...] The Washington Post describes the key roll that the Congressional Budget Office — and, in particular, Doug Elmendorf, its director — will play in this summer’s health policy debate. [latest post] [...]

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/05/29/drawing-the-line-on-health-insuranc/#comment-66 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:20:58 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=211#comment-66 [...] Related article by Donald Marron former CBO Director [...]

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/05/29/drawing-the-line-on-health-insuranc/#comment-45 Fri, 29 May 2009 15:20:08 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=211#comment-45 [...] Health-Care Accounting: The Congressional Budget Office outlined how it would account for health-care proposals on the government’s books yesterday. Former acting director Donald Marron notes the implications. “Back in the 1990s, CBO decided that President Clinton’s proposed health insurance reforms would move large portions of the health care system into the federal government … and onto the federal budget. Not surprisingly, that finding strengthened the hand of opponents who were portraying the proposal as a big government expansion.” He quotes CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf, whose statement indicates this time may be different. “In CBO’s view, the key consideration is whether a proposal would be making health insurance an essentially governmental program, tightly controlled by the federal government with little choice available to those who offer and buy health insurance — or whether the system would provide significant flexibility in terms of the types, prices, and number of private-sector sellers of insurance available to people. The former — a governmental program — belongs in the federal budget (including all premiums paid by individuals and firms to private insurers), but the latter—a largely private-sector system — does not.” [...]

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/05/29/drawing-the-line-on-health-insuranc/#comment-44 Fri, 29 May 2009 14:26:32 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=211#comment-44 [...] Health-Care Accounting: The Congressional Budget Office outlined how it would account for health-care proposals on the government’s books yesterday. Former acting director Donald Marron notes the implications. “Back in the 1990s, CBO decided that President Clinton’s proposed health insurance reforms would move large portions of the health care system into the federal government … and onto the federal budget. Not surprisingly, that finding strengthened the hand of opponents who were portraying the proposal as a big government expansion.” He quotes CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf, whose statement indicates this time may be different. “In CBO’s view, the key consideration is whether a proposal would be making health insurance an essentially governmental program, tightly controlled by the federal government with little choice available to those who offer and buy health insurance — or whether the system would provide significant flexibility in terms of the types, prices, and number of private-sector sellers of insurance available to people. The former — a governmental program — belongs in the federal budget (including all premiums paid by individuals and firms to private insurers), but the latter—a largely private-sector system — does not.” [...]

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/05/29/drawing-the-line-on-health-insuranc/#comment-42 Fri, 29 May 2009 13:52:46 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=211#comment-42 [...] Health-Care Accounting: The Congressional Budget Office outlined how it would account for health-care proposals on the government’s books yesterday. Former acting director Donald Marron notes the implications. “Back in the 1990s, CBO decided that President Clinton’s proposed health insurance reforms would move large portions of the health care system into the federal government … and onto the federal budget. Not surprisingly, that finding strengthened the hand of opponents who were portraying the proposal as a big government expansion.” He quotes CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf, whose statement indicates this time may be different. “In CBO’s view, the key consideration is whether a proposal would be making health insurance an essentially governmental program, tightly controlled by the federal government with little choice available to those who offer and buy health insurance — or whether the system would provide significant flexibility in terms of the types, prices, and number of private-sector sellers of insurance available to people. The former — a governmental program — belongs in the federal budget (including all premiums paid by individuals and firms to private insurers), but the latter—a largely private-sector system — does not.” [...]

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