by Bill Scher | Jul 2, 2009 | Blog
When the CBO scored an early draft of the health care form bill from the Senate HELP committee as costing $1 trillion over 10 years but only covering one-third of the uninsured, obstructionists pounced and proclaimed the public plan option dead. But the CBO had not...
by Bill Scher | Jul 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
CBO: Public Plan Option and Employer Mandate Cuts Cost Of Reform AP reports complete Kennedy-Dodd bill receives lower cost estimate from CBO: "The two senators said the Congressional Budget Office put the cost of the proposal at $611.4 billion over 10 years, down from...
by Bill Scher | Jul 1, 2009 | Blog
If you wanted to get progressives more excited about the clean energy and climate protection bill that passed the House last week, you might be inclined to point to Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins HuffPost piece on the $1 billion in green jobs funding that was added at the last...
by Bill Scher | Jul 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
Wal-Mart Gives Momentum to Employer Mandate White House holds health care town hall at 1:15 PM ET Wal-Mart joins SEIU to back employer mandate to provide insurance. NYT: "But Wal-Mart’s embrace of the employer mandate may come at a price. In its letter, the company...
by Bill Scher | Jun 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
Senate HELP Draft Bill Has Public Plan Option Politico Pulse gets leak of Senate HELP cmte draft: "THE SENATE HELP COMMITTEE IS ABOUT TO COME OUT WITH A 'LEVEL PLAYING FIELD' OPTION SIMILAR TO WHAT SCHUMER PROPOSED IN MAY ... If HELP does go in this direction, it...
