Now This CBO Projection Should Worry You

New Republic by Jonathan Cohn | Jun. 17, 2009 (Opinion)

(Blog Post) ... the Republican attacks clearly rattled centrist Democrats. And when the Finance projections came in, they began announcing that something drastic had to be done. "It’s clear there have got to be changes made to make the whole package affordable," Kent Conrad, a Finance member, told the New York Times. Full Story »

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 by Gary Clark - Jun. 19, 2009

The author presents the liberal agenda as health care reform defined exclusively as universal health insurance. His thesis is that that option is estimated to be too expensive, although he admits no knowledge of the details making it so. The article speculates on what cuts may ensue. There is little substance here.

This is the crux of the debate; what do we need to change to raise our health care above 39th in the world at twice the price? Why can't others emulate the Mayo Clinic, providing top-notch care but in the bottom 15% of expense range?

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