Here's a thumbnail comparison of the three approaches to health care reform -- House Democrats (the bill that passed); House Republicans; Senate Democrats.
(Senate Republicans aren't offering a bill.)
Wonks can consult the CBO scores attached below (CBO later updated the score on the House Dems' bill; that [...]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has assembled a compromise health package that would expand coverage to more than 31 million Americans at a cost of $849 billion over the next decade, a senior leadership aide said late Wednesday.
The cost of the package would be more than made [...]
Sen. Harry Reid released a combined Senate health care bill and price tag today. The CBO says it will cost $849 billion over 10 years, cover 94% of the country’s population and reduce the deficit by $127 billion.
The Notebook: "The most glaring portion of the [PPP] poll is [...]
UPDATE, 9:00 p.m.: On its blog CBO says it has adjusted the deficit reduction number again -- now projecting a $109 billion cut in deficits over ten years.
Perhaps by Saturday it will make up its mind.
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In a letter released last night the Congressional Budget Office [...]
Whoo - I'm still fannin' myself! The audacity, the boldness, the effrontery!
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the plan only covers 3 million, lowers costs marginally for some, and increases the deficit in the short term.
As posted on Prime Buzz, the CBO says the GOP [...]
House Republicans seem pretty excited this morning about a small slice of the Congressional Budget Office's initial look at their health care bill. But they're not sharing the whole picture, of course. The Washington Post's Ezra Klein breaks it down:
CBO begins with the baseline estimate that 17 percent of legal,' [...]
The Congressional Budget Office has analyzed the Republican alternative health care reform bill -- and concludes the measure would cut the deficit but actually grow the number of uninsured Americans.
The full analysis is attached below.
CBO says the GOP provisions would cut the deficit by $68 billion over [...]
