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   Memo: The way forward on health care reform in 2010.
 A dark legacy of the Vietnam War is creating a whole new set of problems.
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October 7, 2009
CBO SCORES BAUCUS.... The long-awaited Congressional Budget Office report on the Senate Finance Committee's health care reform bill was finally released this afternoon. What's the news? The bill would cost $829 billion over the next decade, achieve $81 billion in deficit reduction, and cover 94% of the population.
At first blush, it's a mixed bag. The price tag will please spending-averse lawmakers, as will the deficit reduction (bending the proverbial cost curve), but the Finance Committee bill still leaves a significant number of people without coverage, and subsidy levels remain a point of major contention. I'll have more in the morning, but in the meantime, the key takeaway from the CBO report is straightforward enough: it moves the process forward. If the CBO had released a report trashing the Baucus bill -- higher than expected costs, lower than expected savings -- the result would have been quite a bit of chaos on the Hill. This afternoon's report keeps the ball rolling in the right direction. —Steve Benen 4:55 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (14)Comments
the 1st republican i saw comment on it was at msnbc... some strategist said it was a shame that people reacted so positively over the government spending 829-billion dollars... to his credit.... david shuster reminded the goper that the program was revenue neutral... gop 2009: missing the whole point of the report... for freedom
How does this compare to the other four bills? I'd love to see a chart with side-by-side comparisons of all the key metrics. Posted by: Jon B. on October 7, 2009 at 5:17 PM | PERMALINKeverybody knows that the gop never accepts a cbo report unless it agrees with their narrative... Posted by: dj spellchecka on October 7, 2009 at 5:23 PM | PERMALINKIt only covers 94% of the population and it does nothing to drive down health care costs. In fact it is a big ass giveaway to the insurance industry. What shocks me is the failure of at least some Republicans to embrace the corporate giveaway. Posted by: Ron Byers on October 7, 2009 at 5:29 PM | PERMALINKHere is one of the caveats, from the CBO letter: The language is already so contradictory that there is disagreement among the Democrats about what it means. Is the "Chairman's mark, as amended" publicly available? Purportedly, the bill increases the number of insured by 29 million, while leaving 23 million uninsured. Posted by: MatthewRMarler on October 7, 2009 at 6:50 PM | PERMALINKRead the whole thing: http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/106xx/doc10642/10-7-Baucus_letter.pdf Posted by: MatthewRMarler on October 7, 2009 at 6:54 PM | PERMALINK50% of uninsured covered = 50% effectiveness = PoS. Posted by: bdop4 on October 7, 2009 at 7:29 PM | PERMALINKHealth Care reform really did turn out to be a joke, didn't it? The Democrats send a 20 years outright lying to Americans about their goals. They kept promising universal healthcare, when they get more than enough votes to pass a bill, they waste their time trying to figure what the absolute least amount of work they can possibly get away with doing is. this is going to end badly. How many Americans who barely pay attention to this debate think they are going to get universal healthcare at the end of this? How do you think they are going to feel when absolutely nothing changes for them? How about the 37 million people who are going to be forced to buy insurance that will probably never actually get honored with tax credits they may or may not actually end up getting? Who is this bill supposed to please other than insurance companies? Posted by: soullite on October 8, 2009 at 6:31 AM | PERMALINKRemember that contest someplay in Florida held a decade ago, where they promised the winner a Toyota and instead pulled out a "Toy Yoda"? That's basically what the Democratic party has pulled when it comes to healthcare. A party full of con-men. Posted by: soullite on October 8, 2009 at 6:37 AM | PERMALINKPresumably in conference the $81 billion will be put towards subsidies and the bill made deficit neutral? Posted by: bob h on October 8, 2009 at 7:25 AM | PERMALINKThe group still has not announced a final deal, but this type of cost analysis is sure to move the debate forward. Posted by: phone number lookup on October 8, 2009 at 7:52 AM | PERMALINKYeah, it's all hopeless, soullite. Totally hopeless in every single policy area. You might as well give up on the Dems and become a heavyhanded, repetitive concern troll. Oh, wait... Posted by: shortstop on October 8, 2009 at 8:33 AM | PERMALINKOne day USA will lead the world and have the chance to be powered by solar or wind alone but that is if we start acting today Posted by: work from home on October 8, 2009 at 8:45 AM | PERMALINKPost a comment
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