Donald Marron

I did an interview on Fox Business on Thursday to discuss CBO’s analysis of the revised Baucus health bill. Going in, I had three basic points that I wanted to make: First, as I discussed yesterday, CBO’s estimates indicate that the bill would cost a bit more than $900 billion over the next ten years, [...]

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Earlier today the Congressional Budget Office released its much-anticipated preliminary analysis of the new Baucus health bill. I will have more to say about the cost estimate later, but for now I want to make one simple point: The media are systematically misreporting the cost of the bill. For example: The Washington Post: “The bill [...]

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Everyone involved in the health care debate is waiting expectantly to see the Congressional Budget Office’s analysis of the newly-revised Baucus health bill. That estimate may arrive on Wednesday, which could allow a vote in the Senate Finance Committee as early as Thursday (but quite possibly later). In preparation for that release, I have one [...]

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Yesterday, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus released his much-awaited health care proposal. In his announcement, he described it as a costing $856 billion over the next ten years, costs that would be more than paid for by other spending reductions and tax increases. Later in the day, the Congressional Budget Office released its preliminary [...]

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