Tag Archives: Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Real Reform Requires Real Representation: Lessons from Fannie and Freddie

Real Reform Requires Real Representation: Lessons from Fannie and Freddie

“Cost of Seizing Fannie and Freddie Surges for Taxpayers” screams one of the headlines on the front page of last Sunday’s New York Times.  Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have already cost us taxpayers $145.9 billion since September 2008, and ...Read more

The “Doc Fix” and Related Lessons for Fixing the CBO Rating System

The “Doc Fix” and Related Lessons for Fixing the CBO Rating System

President Obama is urging everyone in Congress to vote in favor of the “doc fix” this week – deferring scheduled cuts in physician reimbursement for Medicare services rendered. On one level, this request is simply routine.  After all, these  “automatic ...Read more

Two Plus Two Is Four — Or Is It? Obama’s Health Summit

Health Care Reform was supposed to be on the operating table for all 7.5 hours of last week’s bipartisan Health Summit.  But was it? And how many of the Congressional surgeons were practicing economics and how many were specializing in ...Read more


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