Len Nichols, health economist with public policy institute New America Foundation, wants insurers to "guarantee issue of coverage," which means everyone can buy health insurance for a standard price, regardless of cost or health condition. ...
One group, the New America Foundation, a left-leaning think tank sensitive to consumer causes, has had at least a dozen conversations with top White House officials in person and over the phone, according to policy director Ellen Seidman. ...
New legislation: "All of this is fodder for doing broad compensation reform," said Ellen Seidman, financial services policy director at policy group New America Foundation. "The more this kind of information comes out, the easier it will be to sell the ...
"He's been saying a lot of the right things," said Marc Goldwein, policy director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. "[But] the numbers in his 2010 budget assume the economy recovers very quickly and the deficits in the out years are ...
... designed to provide inadequate retirement income for the average worker," says University of California Berkeley political scientist Jacob Hacker. ...
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said Monday that investors are bound to misunderstand whatever Geithner lays ...
"This is an opportunity to do something truly dramatic," said Phillip Longman , a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. ...
Google Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Eric Schmidt will be in Washington Tuesday to talk about the intersection of technology and the economy...
The event, entitled "Eric Schmidt on What's Ahead," is being hosted by the New America Foundation, a Washington, D.C., think tank. LINK
November 18, 2008
McCain's plan, which generally promises more spending cuts but also
more tax cuts than Obama's plan, will increase the budget deficit by
nearly 50%, or $217 billion dollars each year over the next four years,
according to a recent report from the Committee for a Responsible
Federal Budget, a non-partisan watchdog group.
Obama's plan,
which basically promises more spending offset by targeted cuts and
higher taxes on the rich, would increase the deficit by even more -
$281 billion.
'It's pretty stunning," said Maya MacGuineas, the
group's president. "We have… more
If history proves anything, though, it's that sweeping reforms seldom look the same after going through the crucible of Washington politics - especially when the subject is a highly contentious issue like health care reform. The McCain and Obama plans are just "watercolors," says Len Nichols, health policy director for the New America Foundation, a Washington think tank. What the candidates are proposing, and what will actually pass into law, are likely to look very different. LINK
