The Bottom Line: Healthcare Savings Likely to be Eclipsed by Stimulus Extensions
CRFB.org - The ... - October 21, 2009 - 12:53pm
Forbes had a piece Monday by Alex Brill and Amy Roden of the American Enterprise Institute about the potential for stimulus programs to expand the debt.
Brill and Roden argue that the savings from health care reform will not do much to reduce the debt because many of the stimulus funds will be extended. The health care bill’s projected $18 billion savings over ten years is dwarfed by the $140 billion a year they estimate Congress will spend making parts of the stimulus bill permanent. The article points out:...
