cboblog.cbo.gov - 11/5/2009
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This evening, CBO released a preliminary analysis of a substitute amendment to H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, proposed by Representative John Boehner, the Ranking Republican in the House of Representatives. CBO and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) ...
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Lawrance G. Lux —
... I do not think the Boehner amendment to H.R. 3962 will provide greater injury than aid, but the CBO makes a relatively good case for it. The basic trouble comes in that the amendment assists the piecemeal retention of private health insurers, where the health care Problem needs a universal application. One of the great elements which need be addressed is the complexity of health insurance, and its separate offerings; no individual Subscriber to such insurance has any notion of exactly what they are protected against. I would like to see federal law which dictates a simple base ...
CBO Scores Boehner Amendment to HR3962
Angry Bear —
by Bruce Webb Last evening the CBO Director Blog announced the release of a score of the Boehner amendment: A Preliminary Analysis of a Substitute Amendment to H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. The results are not impressive: (as always click to enlarge) The amendment is scored at reducing the deficit by $68 billion over ten years. I can't get the breakdown to add up (see page 4) but most of the savings is in the form of malpractice reform at $54 billion with further savings from some ...
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From the executive summary of the CBO analysis of the Republican response to the House Health Care bill:This evening, CBO released a preliminary analysis of a substitute amendment to H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, proposed by Representative John Boehner, the Republican ...
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