Comments on: CBO on the Kennedy Health Bill

By: Health Care: CBO on the New HELP Bill

Health Care: CBO on the New HELP Bill — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:39:59 +0000

[...] headline cost of the bill — about $600 billion over ten years — is significantly lower than the $1 trillion net cost of the previous version of the bill. The net costs declined because (i) the subsidies for coverage through health insurance exchanges [...]

By: CBO on the New HELP Bill « Donald Marron

CBO on the New HELP Bill « Donald Marron — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:32:18 +0000

[...] cost of the bill — about $600 billion over ten years — is significantly lower than the $1 trillion net cost of the previous version of the bill. The net costs declined because (i) the subsidies for coverage through health insurance exchanges [...]

By: Paying for Health Reform

Paying for Health Reform — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:13:34 +0000

[...] the chart, I used the same pattern of net spending (new spending less higher tax revenues) as CBO estimated (on a preliminary basis) for the Kennedy health bill; I simply scaled the 10-year net spending down to exactly $1 trillion. The offset line is [...]

By: Paying for Health Reform « Donald Marron

Paying for Health Reform « Donald Marron — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:53:28 +0000

By: Competitiveness & Health Reform « Donald Marron

Competitiveness & Health Reform « Donald Marron — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:57:59 +0000

[...] explain why, let me start with CBO’s recent cost estimate (which I discussed in greater detail the other day). The headline story is that the Kennedy health bill would increase the deficit by slightly more [...]