Health Care
Is the Insurance Industry Declaring War?
Over the weekend, America's Health Insurance Plans circulated a study it commissioned from PriceWaterhouseCoopers. In a memo to AHIP members, reproduced here, president Karen Ignani explained its significance: READ MORE >>
The Medical Device Lobby Ramps up the Pressure
Bipartisanship and What Might Have Been
David Brooks has been saying sensible things about health care for a while now. He has expressed what seems like a sincere interest in reforming the health care system. He has also demonstrate a substantive grasp of the issues that goes beyond what most observers seem to have, the kind you can get only if you take the issue seriously. READ MORE >>
The Sunstein-Thaler Version of the Public Option?
The Huffington Post has broken the news that yet another incarnation of the public could be coming into favor with Senate Democrats: a plan that would begin with a robust, national public plan, but allow state governments to “opt out” of the system should they chose. READ MORE >>
What's the Deal With Baucus's $80 Bn Surplus?
Richard Rubin of CQ has an interesting piece (subscription required) about what can be done with the $81 billion surplus CBO projects under the Baucus health care bill. Short version: Not much. READ MORE >>
Are the States Ready To Undertake Health Care Reform?
The Shifting GOP Case Against Health Care, Cont'd.
From today's Times: Despite the expansion of coverage at a cost of $829 billion over 10 years, the budget office said 25 million people — about one-third of them illegal immigrants — would still be uninsured in 2019. ... READ MORE >>
CBO's Latest Projections Out. Reason for Relief? And Concern?
CBO is out with its rough estimates of the Senate Finance bill as it looks now, following the amendments made during the recent markup hearings. Here's my initial take, informed loosely by a few conversations with experts and insiders: READ MORE >>
Waiting for CBO
The Congressional Budget Office is expected to deliver its final estimates on the Senate Finance Committee's bill sometime in the afternoon. And while most of the chatter so far has been about the measure's cost, pay close attention to the other side of the equation: How many people it covers. READ MORE >>
