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As the health care battle rages on, one central question keeps popping up: How would legislation affect the premiums paid by individuals and small businesses, two groups that currently face unpredictable year-to-year rate increases? Republicans say that...
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As the health care battle rages on, one central question keeps popping up: How would legislation affect the premiums paid by individuals and small businesses, two groups that currently face unpredictable year-to-year rate increases? Republicans say that...
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Appearing in ads backed by a business-oriented group, June O'Neill, a former head of the Congressional Budget Office, says a health care overhaul will add to the already large national debt and hurt the elderly. Parts of her argument have merit, but the...
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You could hear the sighs of relief last week from Senate Democratic leaders when the Congressional Budget Office reported that their health-care bill wouldn't increase the federal deficit. The nonpartisan CBO said the legislation would reduce the deficit...
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First, it was the mammogram test this week. An independent medical group stated that women under 40 did not need yearly routine mammograms. When legitimate groups such as the AMA heard about this, they all rejected the notion that women had...
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Here's a new way to think about the U.S. government's epic borrowing: More than half of the $9 trillion in debt that Uncle Sam is expected to build up over the next decade will be interest...If that's hard to grasp, here's another way to look at why that's...
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Although a procedural vote that would start the Senate's consideration could come as soon as Friday, Reid has promised not to unveil the bill until receiving the CBO's report. But the delay in CBO scoring has begun to complicate Reid's task of rounding...
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14 PST Critics decry the healthcare bill as fiscally irresponsible...And let's say you're deciding whether to back two pieces of imminent legislation. According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the first bill's spending provisions cost...
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Mining in the Grand Canyon? Is there no place in this country safe from resource exploitation? According to a press release from Center of Biological Diversity-- In a resounding display of public support, tallies released today show that the public...
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The CBO issued a report late on Thursday that unbdercuts conservative fears that the Public Option amounts to a takeover of health care by the government. The reason is because only six million Americans would join the plan created by...
Tags: healthcare reform, CBO, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Douglas Elmendorf