So says the Congressional Budget Office, which released a brief report today on the effects of the health reform law. According to the report, about 4 million of the 21 million expected to lack coverage in 2016 will be subject to a tax penalty of $695 or 2.5% of income, whichever is higher. The rest [...]
There’s a real chicken-and-egg conundrum going on up on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers are clamoring to see the final health care legislation. But their leaders can’t settle on a bill until they know it gets a favorable “score” from the Congressional Budget Office. But the Congressional Budget Office can’t issue its number until it has a [...]
That has been one of the hardest questions to answer, in part because everyone’s situation with regard to health care is so different. Today, the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Taxation Committee issued an analysis that is pretty dense to read, but suggests the Senate version of the bill would, overall, be a good [...]
I’ve always had trouble understanding the opt-out version of the public option. Or more specifically, I’ve had trouble understanding why any state would actually opt out of something that some might find ideologically objectionable, but that doesn’t actually cost them anything, gives their citizens a choice, and might actually bring in some government money down [...]
A number of outlets are reporting that the bill that Harry Reid will take to the Senate floor has gotten a pretty favorable “score” from the Congressional Budget Office. I’ll be writing more as I get details, but here’s the email I got from one Democratic source:
would actually be higher on average than those charged by private companies participating in the new health insurances exchanges. At least, that is the surprising conclusion of the Congressional Budget Office, which Politco’s Carrie Budoff Brown found in its assessment of the new House bill.:
If you are out there somewhere reading the Congressional Budget Office’s preliminary analysis of the Senate Finance Committee’s health care bill (and, really, aren’t we all?), I am sure you have already noticed an intriguing line-item under SUBTITLE I-MATERNAL, INFANT AND EARLY CHILDHOOD VISITATION. It says “Assisted Suicide.” Have we finally found where they have [...]
The much-anticipated CBO score is here. I’ve just begun to read it. The good news/bad news seems to be that it reduces the deficit by $81 billion over 10 years, but leaves 25 million uninsured (one-third of them illegal immigrants). Will post more soon. UPDATE: Jonathan Cohn gives us the comparisons to the House bill:
