Senate Health Bill: The Economists Are Happy Again

Wonk alert! Incoming! Close readers of this blog will know that I’ve been interested in the mood swings of a group of prominent economists with regard to this Senate health care bill. Brad DeLong tells us they now have sent yet another letter–this one congratulating Harry Reid on putting some additional cost containment in the [...]

Health Bill: What Would It Cost Me?

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 [...]