Health-Care Bill Wouldn't Raise Deficit, Report Says

Budget Office Assesses Finance Panel's Plan

Congressional budget analysts gave an important political boost Wednesday to a Senate panel's health-care overhaul, projecting that the $829 billion measure would dramatically shrink the ranks of the uninsured and keep President Obama's pledge that doing so would not add "one dime" to federal budget deficits. Full Story »

Posted by Kristin Gorski - via Washington Post , NewsRack (Health Care)
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Posted by: Posted by Kristin Gorski - Oct 7, 2009 - 8:14 PM PDT
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Oct 8, 2009 - 7:51 AM PDT
Kristin Gorski
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by Kristin Gorski - Oct. 8, 2009

A quick, accurate, up-to-the-minute look at a major development in the steps towards passing a health care reform bill.

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Barry Grossheim
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by Barry Grossheim - Oct. 8, 2009

Mitch McConnell is already hard a work attempting to undermine this report.

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Manfred Ostrowski
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by Manfred Ostrowski - Oct. 8, 2009

This instructive and readable article conveys the report of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office which evaluates a Senate panel's health-care proposal. The report confirms the health-care reform in terms proposed here makes sense financially, while many uninsured citizens would receive health insurance.

The bill demonstrates that we can expand coverage and improve quality while being fiscally responsible. More »

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