Here We Go Again: How to Read Those HELP Numbers

New Republic by Jonathan Cohn | Jul. 6, 2009 (News Analysis)

neither the media--nor progressives--are doing the reform cause a favor by hyping the $600 billion figure. Right now, the committee with the jurisdicton over those other elements--Senate Finance--is busy hacking away at its program to bring the price tag in at under $1 trillion. But to do that, Finance is cutting subsidies and, most likely, coverage. The proper, honest reading of HELP's bill sets out a marker for how big a program has to be: at least $1 ... Full Story »

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