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    Senate Democratic leaders close in on health care vote  Nov 21, 2009
    Wyden's proposal, which Reid agreed to add to the bill, would open the exchanges to about 1 million workers who could not afford the health plans offered by their employers, according to an estimate from the Congressional Budget Office. Underscoring how fraught the Democrats' search for votes has been, Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin, D-Ill. (AZCentral -- News)

    Political Grapevine  Nov 21, 2009
    The Congressional Budget Office says the cost of the Louisiana subsidies in the bill totals $100 million. Landrieu's spokesman says of the aid: "It's something she has been working on for a long time.". (Fox News)

    What to expect in Saturday health care vote  Nov 21, 2009
    Video: CBO: Health care to cost $849B. Video: Health care bill 'saves money. (CNN -- Health)

    Senate Democrats move on crucial health vote  Nov 21, 2009
    But the section s purpose is indisputable: According to the Congressional Budget Office, it will send an additional $100 million to Louisiana to help it cover costs for Medicaid, the federal-state health care program for the poor. Lincoln has been the most close-mouthed about her intentions. (Boston Globe)

    Senate vote next step on health bill road  Nov 21, 2009
    The House bill, projected to guarantee coverage for 96 percent of Americans, will cost more than $1 trillion over the next 10 years, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The Senate bill, estimated to cover 94 percent of Americans, comes with an $848 billion price tag, according to the CBO.. (CNN)

    Rationing's First Step  Nov 20, 2009
    The Congressional Budget Office has been busy pricing these various bills, a process that includes screening and prevention. As we have warned, the growing emphasis seems to be on cost containment rather than quality of care. (Investors Business Daily)

    Projections of savings from health IT are baseless, Harvard researchers say  Nov 20, 2009
    Himmelstein said a report from the Congressional Budget Office in 2008 signed by Peter Orszag, now Obama's budget director, expressed skepticism about claims by the RAND Corp. and others that health IT could generate $80 billion annually in savings. "Part of the CBO's skepticism was based on the limited information available to the RAND study and similar studies," Himmelstein said. (EurekAlert!)

    RedState Morning Briefing  Nov 20, 2009
    Roll Call we learn that one Senate Democratic leadership staffer acknowledged that the cost estimate did not even represent an official preliminary score from the CBO but was a representation of preliminary feedback that Reid has gotten from the nonpartisan Congressional agency. In other words, we do not know how much it will actually cost. (Human Events Online)

    74 comments  Nov 20, 2009
    There are reportedly four Democrat senators who actually want to be able to read the bill and see the CBO cost analysis before voting to proceed: Ben Nelson (D-Neb. Mary Landrieu (D-La. (Human Events Online)

    They were wrong about Medicare, too  Nov 20, 2009
    According to the bipartisan Congressional Budget Office report today, the Senate bill would INCREASE, not lower costs, & premiums would be HIGHER, not lower. The only goal it accomplishes is covering more people. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)

    U.S. House Passes Measure to Avert Cuts in Medicare Payments to Doctors  Nov 20, 2009
    While the House health-care plan is estimated to cut the deficit by $109 billion over the next 10 years, combining it with the Medicare payment change would raise the deficit by $89 billion over 10 years, said a released yesterday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Theyre trying to pass this health-care bill and suggest that it doesnt cost anything, said Representative , the top Republican on the Budget Committee. (Bloomberg -- US)

    How the Senate's Health Care Bill Is Worse Than the House's  Nov 20, 2009
    As with the House bill, CBO concluded that this prohibition would cause public-option premiums to be a little higher than premiums for private insurance plans available through the newly created exchanges ... the economist who dreamed up this "level playing field" variation on the public option, says CBO's wrongthe public option won't charge higher premiums because it will match its private competitors in various cost-control methods, including those meant to limit the proportion of sick... (Slate)

    Senate Health-Care Bill Estimated to Cost $849 B  Nov 20, 2009
    The estimates, from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, also showed that the bill would reduce the number of uninsured people in the U.S. by 31 million people. The result, they said, would be that 94% of Americans would have health insurance coverage. (SmartMoney)

    Senate girds for Saturday vote, long battle on health care  Nov 20, 2009
    The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that 94 percent of the public would obtain coverage by 2019, up from the current 83 percent. Insurers would have to accept all applicants and couldn't deny coverage because of pre-existing conditions. (Fresno Bee -- Local)

    House votes to ease Medicare cuts to doctors  Nov 20, 2009
    Although House Democrats have vowed not to pass legislation that s not paid for, the doctor payment bill is one of several items they have exempted from that rule, and the Congressional Budget Office says it would increase the deficit by $210 billion over 10 years. Republicans devoted much of yesterday s debate to complaining about that, but Democrats said it was Republicans fault for setting up the problematic payment formula in the first place. (Boston Globe)

    Budget office gives a nod to health plan  Nov 20, 2009
    The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said that Majority Leader Harry Reid's 10-year, $848-billion bill would produce a net reduction of $130 billion in federal deficits in its first decade. Perhaps more significantly, the legislation would continue to give back over the next 10 years and beyond, the budget umpires said, because "added revenues and cost savings would probably be greater" than the cost of covering uninsured Americans. (Athens Banner-Herald)

    Senate passes benefits for vets' caregivers  Nov 20, 2009
    The Congressional Budget Office estimates the bill would cost $3. 9 billion over the first five years, most of it to pay for the new caregiver benefits. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR -- Business)

    The $100 Million Vote: What Does It Take to Woo Skeptical Democrats?  Nov 20, 2009
    The plan would cut the by $130 billion in its first decade, more than any other bill, according to estimates by the non-partisan CBO. It would cut the budget by as much as $650 billion in the second decade. Ninety-four percent of Americans would have insurance under the legislation, which would be paid for with a menu of taxes on the wealthy and on high-cost, all-inclusive insurance plans that some people say drive up overall health care costs, and a new five percent tax on elective surgery. (ABC News)

    Health care's 'public option' would cover little of population  Nov 20, 2009
    The public plan included in the House bill would cover 6 million people, the Congressional Budget Office predicted. The analysis predicted that the public plan would attract less healthy patients and that its average premiums would be "somewhat higher" than private plans. (USA Today -- News)

    Previous health care column exaggerates health care proposal  Nov 20, 2009
    Frankly, even in this economy, we can afford to pay a tiny bit more, especially since the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the health care bill will not increase deficit spending. A small tax increase like this one could easily help the long and difficult process of paying off the national debt, provided that spending does not continue to outpace taxes. (Daily Orange, NY)

    Show Transcript: November 20  Nov 20, 2009
    But what's new here is that, according to the Congressional Budget Office, more than half of that debt -- $4. 8 trillion --would be in interest. (CNN -- US)

    A Better Health Bill From The Senate?  Nov 20, 2009
    But the significantly expands access to medical care for Americans who currently lack coverage, contains a modest public option, bars discrimination by insurers against Americans with pre-existing medical conditions and gets remarkably good marks from the Congressional Budget Office. In many respects, Reid's "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" is a better bill than the House measure. (CBS News)

    Health Care Battle Begins in Senate  Nov 20, 2009
    Harry Reid, the majority leader from Nevada, has a $848 billion price tag and claims to cover an additional 31 million Americans, although the Congressional Budget Office contends that 24 million one-third of them illegal immigrants will still be uninsured by 2019. The Senate bill also includes a public option to compete against private insurers. (Nebraska Statepaper)

    Time running out for comprehensive health care reform  Nov 20, 2009
    According to the Congressional Budget Office, they will both slightly reduce the national deficit over the next 10 years and, with luck, pay for themselves. Both bills would offer health care to more than 95 percent of Americans not already on Medicare. (Grants Cibola County Beacon, NM)

    'Bo-Tax' for Health-Care Reform?  Nov 20, 2009
    The tax is just one of many ways the Senate bill aims to raise $6 billion to help pay for the $848 billion plan, which the Congressional Budget Office estimates would lower federal deficits by $130 billion over 10 years. The tax in the Senate would apply only to surgical procedures that qualify as "not necessary to ameliorate a deformity arising from, or directly related to, a congenital abnormality, a personal injury resulting from an accident or trauma, or disfiguring disease." Doctors and... (BusinessWeek)

    Fighting coercion clause  Nov 20, 2009
    In 1994, the Congressional Budget Office said forcing individuals to buy insurance would be "an unprecedented form of federal action," adding: "The government has never required people to buy any good or service as a condition of lawful residence in the United States.". 1. (Albany Times Union)

    GOP blasts bait and switch bill  Nov 20, 2009
    Officially, the Congressional Budget Office said the measure would reduce deficits by $130 billion over the next decade with probable small reductions in the 10 years that follow forecasts that cheered rank-and-file Democrats. Among the cost-cutting provisions would be creation of an Independent Medicare Advisory Board which could be required to recommend steps limiting the growth of the program that provides health care to millions of seniors. (MSNBC -- Politics)

    $100 Million Payoff to Buy Sen. Landrieu's Vote...  Nov 20, 2009
    According to the Congressional Budget Office: $100 million. Heres the incredibly complicated language. (The Drudge Report)

    Legislators should give more consideration to Wyden-Bennett health plan  Nov 20, 2009
    The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation have evaluated the plan and both concluded that it would be revenue neutral within two years of becoming fully operational and eventually generate budget surpluses. A review of the Healthy Americans Act by the Lewin Group, a Virginia-based health-care consulting group, found that it could reduce the current health-care costs of private employers by nearly three-quarters. (Longview Daily News, WA)

    Health Care: How Obama is Shoring Up Senate Support  Nov 20, 2009
    Members of the team also said it is important to frame the message carefully emphasizing, for instance, estimates by the Congressional Budget Office that the health overhaul will save money in the long run, reassuring seniors who are afraid of seeing Medicare cut and stressing new provisions like ones that would protect people from becoming uninsurable as a result of pre-existing health conditions. But the Republicans are readying their message as well. (Time.com)

    Senate awaits test vote on health-care overhaul  Nov 20, 2009
    The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that 94 percent of the public would obtain coverage by 2019, up from the current 83 percent. The insurance exchanges would not be implemented until 2014. (AZCentral -- News)

    America's fiscal deficit: Stemming the tide  Nov 20, 2009
    Early last year the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) thought federal debt held by the public, then about 40% of GDP, would fall to 28% in a decade s time. It now sees it reaching 82. (The Economist)

    The One Thing  Nov 20, 2009
    According to CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf: "I concluded the talk by emphasizing that fiscal policy is on an unsustainable path to an extent that cannot be solved by minor tinkering.". None of these people advising the president or writing these bills in Congress, are advocating small changes. (Fox News)

    Doc Fix or Doc Tricks?  Nov 20, 2009
    By separating off doc fix, they can maintain that Obamacare is budget neutral, because thats the way it was scored by the Congressional Budget Office. They cant maintain the bills budget-neutrality after a doc fix is added into the mix. (Townhall.com)

    Bill would cause increase in Medicare premiums  Nov 20, 2009
    According to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office, the legislation expected on the House floor this week would raise fees for doctors treating Medicare patients by 194. 6 billion over a decade. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)

    'Rewarding' Terrorists  Nov 20, 2009
    The Congressional Budget Office estimates Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid's health care bill will cost $849 billion over the next 10 years. Now, according to the CBO, the bill would reduce the deficit by $127 billion the next decade. (Fox News)

    Senate Dems to make gov't plan widely available  Nov 20, 2009
    The Congressional Budget Office said Thursday that about two-thirds of the U.S. population would have a public plan available in their state, even though the Democrats' 10-year, $848-billion bill would allow states to opt out. Wide availability doesn't mean the government plan would dominate the market, however. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR -- Business)

    Use accurate statistics  Nov 20, 2009
    A study by Dr. June ONeill, who served as director of the Congressional Budget Office from 1995-1999, shows that nearly half of those uninsured Americans could likely afford to purchase health coverage. The average voluntarily 00004000 uninsured household makes $65,000 per year. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)

    Health Rx Math: Heroic Efforts, Upfront Fees  Nov 20, 2009
    While that is technically true, the Congressional Budget Office score reveals that the actual savings would smaller, minuscule compared to the fiscal gap. More importantly, CBO's analysis drives home just how difficult it will be to find big health care savings if Reid's $900 billion-plus bill passes and, perhaps, even if it doesn't. (Investors Business Daily)

    Poll: Most support curbs on malpractice suits  Nov 20, 2009
    Limits on jury awards in malpractice cases could reduce the federal deficit by $54 billion over 10 years, says the Congressional Budget Office, because doctors caring for Medicare and Medicaid patients would order up fewer tests to guard against being sued. "In this country, there are just too many people who are just out for a quick buck," said Christine Vasquez, 67, a retiree from Clarkston, Mich. (MSNBC -- Politics)

    'Pink Slip' for Congress  Nov 19, 2009
    Another one of the things that brought up with one of your colleagues is the Congressional Budget Office that scored Senator Reid's bill, apparently he has not go gotten that score yet. But I would like to have that number right away, too. (Fox News)

    Time running out for comprehensive health care reform  Nov 19, 2009
    According to the Congressional Budget Office, they will both slightly reduce the national deficit over the next 10 years and, with luck, pay for themselves. Both bills would offer health care to more than 95 percent of Americans not already on Medicare. (Grants Cibola County Beacon, NM)

    Senate health bill woos moderates  Nov 19, 2009
    The bill, the product of a merger of two committee bills, would cost $849 billion over the next decade, according to preliminary estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. A combination of tax hikes, Medicare cuts, and health system reforms would more than offset that amount, ultimately driving the deficit down by $127 billion over the first 10 years and by $650 billion over the next 10 years. (Boston Globe)

    Obama 'furious' about Afghanistan leaks...  Nov 19, 2009
    - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com. Obama, speaking to CBS in Beijing, says he's "furious' about the stream of leaks characterizing the Afghanistan deliberations. THE PRESIDENT: I think I am angrier than Bob Gates about it, partly because we have these deliberations in the Situation Room for a reason because we are making decisions that are life-and-death, that affect how our troops will be able to operate in a theater of war. For people to be releasing information during the course of deliberation --... (The Drudge Report)

    Senate, House Democratic health bills compared  Nov 19, 2009
    COST: The Congressional Budget Office says the bill's cost of expanding insurance coverage over 10 years is $1. 055 trillion. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR -- Business)

    ArcelorMittal Needed A Second Chance  Nov 19, 2009
    They should read all 13 pages of the CBO critique. 10/08/2009 08:01 PM ET. (Investors Business Daily)

    Harry Reid's Strip Tease  Nov 19, 2009
    The Congressional Budget Office was expected to release its analysis of the bill on Nov. 18, but it's not yet available on , and my attempts to get CBO to tell me when they'll make it public have been unavailing ... Len Nichols explains why his "level playing field" is misunderstood by the Congressional Budget Office. (Slate)

    My Own Private Screening  Nov 19, 2009
    Len Nichols explains why his "level playing field" is misunderstood by the Congressional Budget Office. Timothy Noah | Nov. 17, 2009. (Slate)

    'Too big to fail' US banking law  Nov 19, 2009
    FROM OTHER NEWS SITES Financial reforms grind forward in Congress - 3 hrs ago House panel OKs granting of bank breakup power - 4 hrs ago * CBO says Reid's health bill would cut deficit - 5 hrs ago Panel OKs measure for council to break up banks - 12 hrs ago Kanjorski Seeks To End "Too Big To Fail" Financial Firms - 13 hrs ago * Requires registration. SHARED. (BBC News -- Americas)

    EARLIER THIS MONTH:  Historic health care bill passes House  Nov 19, 2009
    In the bill's most controversial provision, the government would sell insurance, although the Congressional Budget Office forecasts that premiums for it would be more expensive than for policies sold by private companies. Graham said he thinks the government option "will destroy private health care. Nobody in this country in the insurance business can compete with a government-sponsored plan, where the government writes the benefits and politicians will never raise the premiums.". (USA Today)

    LETTER: Obama dismantling free-market system  Nov 19, 2009
    The congressional budget office said the wealthiest Americans got richer due to Bushes tax cuts for them - and the top 1% even more so. "Based on an exhaustive analysis of tax records and census data, the study reinforced the sense that while Mr. Bushs tax cuts reduced rates for people at every income level, they offered the biggest benefits by far to people at the very top especially the top 1 percent of income earners." They went on to say, "Mr. Bush and his Republican allies in Congress want... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)

    Senator Reid's $849 Billion Measure Widens Health Coverage, Cuts Deficit  Nov 19, 2009
    Reids proposal, the most sweeping overhaul of the U.S. health system in four decades, cleared a major hurdle when the Congressional Budget Office said it would cut the federal budget deficit by $127 billion in the first decade. That met a standard set by President and allows Reid to seek a vote as early as Saturday to open the way for Senate debate. (Bloomberg -- US)

    Your views: Political trench warfare (Nov. 19)  Nov 19, 2009
    According to the Congressional Budget Office, not so. In short, the evidence available to date does not make a strong case that restricting malpractice liability would have a significant effect, either positive or negative, on economic efficiency, the CBO stated. (Florida Today)

    Obama: America's standing restored  Nov 19, 2009
    Senate Majority Leader Harry , D-Nevada, said Tuesday that he was still waiting for a cost estimate of the legislation from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. That estimate won't be completed until at least Wednesday, a senior Democratic source said. (CNN)

    Study suggests costs rise under health care bill  Nov 19, 2009
    The Republican plan Kirk touted is estimated to push down premiums for privately insured people but would reduce the number of uninsured by just 3 million, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office. The legislation that passed would raise 460 billion over the next decade from a surcharge on incomes over 500,000 for individuals and 1 million for couples. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)

    Senate panel passes food safety reform bill  Nov 19, 2009
    Harkin said he may adopt them as well but he is waiting for the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office to determine the price-tag of his bill. "If this is for public protection it's something we all ought to pay for," said Harkin. (MSNBC -- Health)

    Reich: Public Option Increases Health Costs  Nov 19, 2009
    And it will mainly attract people who have more expensive medical needs, which is why the Congressional Budget Office decided it would cost more than it would save. . (Newsmax)

    Republicans Oppose Breast Cancer Screening Limits  Nov 19, 2009
    There are reportedly four Democrat senators who actually want to be able to read the bill and see the CBO cost analysis before voting to proceed: Ben Nelson (D-Neb. Mary Landrieu (D-La. (Human Events Online)

    Reid's Healthcare Plan Totals $849 Billion  Nov 19, 2009
    As rank-and-file Democrats gathered to learn details of the measure, a senior Democratic leadership aide said the Congressional Budget Office had estimated it would spread coverage to 31 million Americans who currently lack it while still reducing federal deficits by a total of $127 billion over 10 years ... According to estimates from the Congressional Budget Office, that House bill, with a price tag of about $1. (Newsmax)

    Another View: A modest proposal about gun control  Nov 19, 2009
    Sure, maybe the Congressional Budget Office could overestimate its cost, and some wimpy liberals could file a court challenge, but the Supreme Court would slap it down on a clear 5-to-4 vote. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, here's one issue where you can count on at least a couple of Republican votes. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)

    Reid: Finish line on health care is finally in sight'  Nov 19, 2009
    The legislation, which the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates should shave $127 billion from the federal deficit over the next 10 years, the biggest projected savings of any major health care bill thus far. It would bar insurers from denying coverage because of pre-existing conditions and set up exchanges, or marketplaces, where consumers could easily compare coverage and rates, and provide federal help for lower-income people to obtain policies. (Fresno Bee -- Local)

    CBO puts Senate health bill cost at $849 billion  Nov 19, 2009
    CBO: Senate health plan to cost $849 billion - Health care reform- msnbc ... CBO: Senate health plan to cost $849 billion ... An aide said the CBO also estimated that the bill would achieve cuts of $1 trillion over a decade in projected health care costs. (MSNBC -- Politics)

    Reid Sets Markers for Historic Health Care Debate  Nov 19, 2009
    Aides said the mammoth, 2,074-page bill would reduce deficits by $127 billion over a decade and by as much as $650 billion in the 10 years that follow, citing as-yet-unreleased estimates by the Congressional Budget Office. "Tonight begins the last leg of this journey," said Nevada Sen. (ABC News -- Wire)

    Fierce debate ahead on Senate health care bill  Nov 19, 2009
    As rank-and-file Democrats gathered to learn details of the long-awaited bill, the aide also said the Congressional Budget Office had estimated the legislation would reduce federal deficits by a total of $127 billion over that decade. The aide said the budget agency also projected that if enacted, the legislation would leave 94 percent of eligible individuals with coverage. (Athens Banner-Herald)

    Senate Democrats' Health Care Bill Will Cost $849 BillionCongressional Budget Office estimates bill will cut budget deficit by $127B.  Nov 19, 2009
    Senate Democrats Health Care Bill to Cost $849 Billion, CBO Reports - ABC News ... Even before the CBO announcement and the Democratic caucus this evening, was abuzz with activity and chatter ... CBO's figures come after weeks of silence from the Senate on the health care debate. (ABC News)

    Senate health bill comes in at $849B  Nov 19, 2009
    According to information about the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) cost estimate of the bill provided by a leadership aide, the bill also would reduce the deficit by as much as $650 billion over the second 10 years, though the CBO has consistently emphasized that projections outside the first 10 years are highly uncertain. Reid plans to unveil the bill to the entire Democratic caucus at 5:00 p.m. Wednesday and will hold a press event Thursday afternoon to make a full announcement. (TheHill.com)

    Republicans coming out of their caves:  Nov 19, 2009
    The Congressional Budget Office (non-partisan) scores it as achieving deficit reduction of $109 billion in the first 10 years. When in the majority, health care reform was not mentioned by Republicans; the number of uninsured just increased. (Chetek Alert, WI)

    Reid Optimistic on Senate Health Bill  Nov 19, 2009
    Preliminary , the legislation's official scorekeeper, have indicated that the Senate measure would cost far less than the bill the House approved last week, while lowering the federal deficit further over the long term, said several senior Democratic aides who have reviewed the CBO data. Democrats are hopeful about winning over at least one Republican, Sen. (CBS News -- US)

    U.S. Senate unveils health care reform bill  Nov 19, 2009
    Citing an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office, Reid, a Democrat, said that the bill was estimated to cost 849 billion dollars over 10 years but it can reduce the federal deficit by 127 billion dollars in the first decade and more than 600 billion dollars in the following decade. The 2,074-page bill, which combines two separate drafts approved by Senate committees, will be sent to the whole floor for debate and vote, Reid said. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Historic status for Billy’s gas station?  Nov 18, 2009
    The Congressional Budget Office estimates it will cost $17 million to upgrade and maintain the sites over the next five years. That was enough to elicit an objection from Steve Ellis, vice president of the Washington-based Taxpayers for Common Sense. (Boston Globe)

    FIFTH DISTRICT: New bill addresses health care issues  Nov 18, 2009
    The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the bill will reduce our nation s growing deficit over 10 years by $104 billion. As with any undertaking of this magnitude, the legislation is not perfect. (Bolton Common, MA)

    Tax rich, poll respondents say  Nov 18, 2009
    The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the program would be fiscally solvent over a 75-year period with the income from premiums, and no taxpayer financing. From the Wednesday, November 18, 2009 edition of the Augusta Chronicle Reader Comments Note: Comments are not edited and don't represent the views of The Augusta Chronicle. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    Mr. Level Playing Field  Nov 18, 2009
    That, at any rate, is what the Congressional Budget Office and what it is likely also to conclude with respect to the "opt-out" version of the public option that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has submitted to the CBO for scoring ... Len Nichols explains why his "level playing field" is misunderstood by the Congressional Budget Office. (Slate)

    Democrats promise jobs bill  Nov 18, 2009
    Only about one-fourth of the February bill's deficit-driven stimulus impact was felt by the October start of the budget year, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Most of any additional appropriations wouldn't be felt for months. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)

    Universal health care becomes mandatory, bill not practical  Nov 18, 2009
    The bipartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that in 2016, when the bill would be in full affect, the minimum cost for the public option's least expensive health care plan would be $5,300 for a single person and $15,000 for family coverage. Included in the bill are a set of civil and criminal punishments for anyone who does not adhere to the mandate and the government is not just going to send you an angry letter. (Daily Orange, NY)

    When the budget director talks, people will listen  Nov 18, 2009
    D., runs the Congressional Budget Office, the nonpartisan agency charged with assessing how legislation, like President Barack Obama's proposed health overhaul, would affect the federal budget ... " To relax, he coaches his twin daughters' soccer team on weekends; the girls, Caroline and Laura, 14, say that when things get really rough, their father spends more time than usual with the family dog, a black Labrador retriever named Hobie. Perhaps tellingly, Elmendorf showed up for his interview... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Waiting game for Senate health bill  Nov 18, 2009
    Majority leader still waiting on Congressional Budget Office estimate ... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, said he was waiting for a cost estimate of the legislation from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. (CNN)

    Reid: People Will Be Impressed by Senate Health Care Bill  Nov 18, 2009
    on Tuesday predicted Senate Democrats would get rave reviews for their forthcoming health care reform bill even as he continues to wait for the official cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office. LOG IN NOT A SUBSCRIBER. (Roll Call)

    Reid Plans Health Care Caucus Wednesday Evening  Nov 18, 2009
    has set a special caucus for Wednesday evening to brief Senators on his forthcoming health care overhaul even though he has yet to receive a formal cost estimate on the measure from the Congressional Budget Office. LOG IN NOT A SUBSCRIBER. (Roll Call)

    Reid promises 'best' health bill yet  Nov 18, 2009
    Democrats are waiting on a score from the Congressional Budget Office, which may be out as soon as this afternoon. Source: The contents of this site are. (TheHill.com)

    Let's consider mandatory gun ownership  Nov 18, 2009
    Sure, maybe the Congressional Budget Office could overestimate its cost, and some wimpy liberals could file a court challenge, but the Supreme Court would slap it down on a clear 5 to 4 vote. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, here's one issue where you can count on at least a couple of Republican votes. (Albany Times Union)

    Blanche Lincoln Feels Heat on Health Care  Nov 18, 2009
    The CBO has reviewed separate plans and say that reform will not add to the debt or deficit. by mmvale November 17, 2009 5:18 PM EST. (CBS News -- US)

    Bill Would Cause Increase in Medicare Premiums  Nov 18, 2009
    According to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office, the legislation expected on the House floor this week would raise fees for doctors treating Medicare patients by $194. 6 billion over a decade. (ABC News -- Wire)

    Editorial Roundup  Nov 18, 2009
    The Congressional Budget Office projection that the House measure would lower the federal deficit by $109 billion in its first 10 years is accurate only if one accepts the data presented to the CBO.. It is hard data to buy. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)

    Reid Pushes Democratic Senate Holdouts to Vote for Health-Care Bill Debate  Nov 18, 2009
    Reid, who is scheduled to meet with the Senate Democratic caucus at 5 p.m. today, said he expects cost estimates from the Congressional Budget Office very soon and is hopeful he can get enough votes to start debate on the bill. I feel cautiously optimistic that we can do that, Reid said in Washington yesterday, referring to opening floor discussion on the health-care measure. (Bloomberg -- US)

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