Is the 2010 health care legislation now projected to cost substantially more than previously estimated? No, but as Concord Coalition Policy Director Joshua Gordon explains in a new blog posting, there has been considerable confusion on the subject.The cost estimates…
The House Budget Committee has begun considering a proposed budget that includes many elements of a plan that House Republicans approved last year but also some significant changes.The Concord Coalition commended Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), who released the…
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today updated the baseline projections for federal spending and revenue that it put out in January, saying that the “fundamental story” about the federal budget had not changed.CBO said its current estimate of the budget…
An important cost-containment feature in the 2010 health care legislation has come under attack in the House, where two committees voted last week to do away with the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) without approving an alternative. (more…)
