Read more Congressional Budget Office stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/6131/congressional-budget-office.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:24:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74340/cbo-estimate-senate-health-bill-costs-849b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLegislation headed to the Senate floor would extend health care coverage to 31 million uninsured Americans at a cost of $849 billion over a decade, says a senior Democratic aide. The long-awaited figures come from the Congressional Budget Office, clearing the way for Harry Reid to move forward. The bill...http://www.newser.com/story/74340/cbo-estimate-senate-health-bill-costs-849b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 16:09:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73371/gop-health-plan-would-leave-52m-uninsured.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe GOP health care bill has no chance of passing—but if it did, most people who already have coverage would see their premiums drop, while 52 million Americans currently uninsured would stay that way. So says a report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, which largely confirms Dems' claims...http://www.newser.com/story/73371/gop-health-plan-would-leave-52m-uninsured.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 7:50:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72226/why-the-public-options-still-alive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagReports of the public option’s demise look to have been exaggerated. Nate Silver breaks down what revived it at FiveThirtyEight.com: “The tireless, and occasionally tiresome,” advocacy from liberal bloggers and interest groups. The CBO thinks it will save money. The shift of focus from the Gang of Six (Bingaman,...http://www.newser.com/story/72226/why-the-public-options-still-alive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 12:57:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72209/pelosi-fighting-for-stronger-public-option.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNancy Pelosi is on a mission to pass the strongest public option on the table in the House—a plan that would pay doctors the same rates as Medicare—and she's close to having enough votes, she told fellow Dems last night. The plan would cost just $871 billion, according...http://www.newser.com/story/72209/pelosi-fighting-for-stronger-public-option.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 7:07:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72107/public-option-now-has-legs-in-senate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe public option, left for dead by the Max Baucus bill that passed the Finance Committee just weeks ago, has a new lease on life in the Senate. Credit goes to a CBO report underwhelmed by that bill's efforts to encourage competition, and a big power play by the insurance...http://www.newser.com/story/72107/public-option-now-has-legs-in-senate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 8:58:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71190/cbo-baucus-bill-would-cut-deficit-by-81b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGood news for Democrats and Max Baucus: The Congressional Budget Office says the Senate finance panel's health care bill won't add to the deficit. In fact, the CBO says the bill would reduce it by $81 billion over 10 years. That should make it easier for Baucus to push his...http://www.newser.com/story/71190/cbo-baucus-bill-would-cut-deficit-by-81b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Oct 2009 16:26:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67821/cbo-is-usually-wrong-on-health-reform-numbers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Congressional Budget Office is a much-respected institution, and its integrity is beyond question, but it’s got a really lousy record when it comes to estimating the effects of health care reform, writes researcher Jon Gabel in the New York Times . It has drastically underestimated savings from each of the...http://www.newser.com/story/67821/cbo-is-usually-wrong-on-health-reform-numbers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Aug 2009 9:53:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67742/us-deficit-soaring-to-16t-this-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHere's the latest eye-popping number produced by the recession: $1.6 trillion. The White House and CBO today projected that figure as this year's deficit, reports the New York Times . While it would be the biggest since World War II, the figure is actually about $260 billion better than anticipated...http://www.newser.com/story/67742/us-deficit-soaring-to-16t-this-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Aug 2009 10:56:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65304/cbo-slams-dem-move-to-lower-health-costs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA White House proposal to give an independent panel the power to rein in Medicare spending would save the country almost no money over 10 years, the Congressional Budget Office declared today. The nonpartisan group’s findings—that savings would total only $2 billion from the $1 trillion program—dealt a...http://www.newser.com/story/65304/cbo-slams-dem-move-to-lower-health-costs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 25 Jul 2009 18:14:10 CDT