http://dmarron.com/2009/10/07/the-real-cost-of-the-baucus-bill/ Musings on Economics, Finance, and Life Thu, 24 May 2012 19:06:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://dmarron.com/2009/10/07/the-real-cost-of-the-baucus-bill/#comment-6665 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:39:40 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=1870#comment-6665 Thank you for sharing excellent informations. Your web site is so cool. I’m impressed by the details that you’ve on this website. It reveals how nicely you understand this subject. Bookmarked this web page, will come back for extra articles. You, my pal, ROCK! I found simply the info I already searched everywhere and simply couldn’t come across. What a great site.

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/10/07/the-real-cost-of-the-baucus-bill/#comment-5139 Sat, 18 Dec 2010 05:12:49 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=1870#comment-5139 I really enjoyed your writing. The topic is one I have been trying to get info on.

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/10/07/the-real-cost-of-the-baucus-bill/#comment-2035 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:43:45 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=1870#comment-2035 [...] Donald Marron observes, that number omits as much as $75 billion in new federal spending.  It also omits a $33 billion [...]

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/10/07/the-real-cost-of-the-baucus-bill/#comment-1886 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:29:45 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=1870#comment-1886 This is good.

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/10/07/the-real-cost-of-the-baucus-bill/#comment-1415 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:21:49 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=1870#comment-1415 [...] figures do not capture all the costs of these bills. As I’ve pointed out several times (e.g., here and here), the health bills include many important provisions in addition to those expanding [...]

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/10/07/the-real-cost-of-the-baucus-bill/#comment-1404 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:06:32 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=1870#comment-1404 [...] Donald Marron, que ha tenido varios cargos en la Casa Blanca y ha sido ex-director en funciones de la CBO, lo presenta en su blog así: [...]

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/10/07/the-real-cost-of-the-baucus-bill/#comment-1403 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:28:01 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=1870#comment-1403 [...] SEPTEMBER: A revised version of Sen. Max Baucus’ (D-MT) bill was reported at$829 billion when the total cost was really $904 billion. [...]

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/10/07/the-real-cost-of-the-baucus-bill/#comment-1302 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:29:05 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=1870#comment-1302 [...] coverage. And I wasn’t alone. When the Baucus bill was released earlier this month, everyone (including each of the newspapers I linked to above) referred to it by its gross price tag ($829 billion), not its net ($518 billion), and said things [...]

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/10/07/the-real-cost-of-the-baucus-bill/#comment-1300 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:02:52 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=1870#comment-1300 [...] A second problem is confusion between (a) the cost of expanding coverage and (b) the overall cost of the bills. Expanding coverage is the key focus of each of the major health bills, but we should always keep in mind that the bills make other changes as well. In the case of the Baucus bill, for example, I estimated that other spending initiatives added about $75 billion, bringing its total cost to slightly more than $900 billion. [...]

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/10/07/the-real-cost-of-the-baucus-bill/#comment-1297 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:20:43 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=1870#comment-1297 [...] expanding coverage. And I wasn’t alone. When the Baucus bill was released earlier this month, everyone (including each of the newspapers I linked to above) referred to it by its gross price tag …, not its net ($518 billion), and said things like the Baucus bill “would cost $829 billion [...]

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