COVERAGE: Bipartisan Senate Plan to Cover All Americans Would Pay for Itself
No, your eyes aren't deceiving you. We CAN guarantee all Americans quality health coverage and improve our delivery system without breaking the bank, according a report released today by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
Today's letter signed by CBO Director, Peter Orszag, and Joint Committee on Taxation Chief of Staff, Edward Kleinbard, says the bipartisan Healthy Americans Act would be budget-neutral in its first year and would get better after that. CBO analysts also predict that the HAA, sponsored by Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Bob Bennett (R-UT), and 12 others, would actually, "become more than self-financing and thereby would reduce future budget deficits or increase future surpluses," over time.
Stay tuned for more information from the press conference...


