Congress is quietly watering down provisions in health care legislation that were supposed to control medical costs. Photo: Ian Hooton / Getty
By Karen Tumulty
Pretty much everyone agrees that the health care legislation now making its way through both houses of Congress would do some things well. It would cover almost all of the roughly 33 million legal residents of this country who now lack health insurance. And a vast expansion of Medicaid, coupled with billions of dollars in subsidies to help low- and middle-income Americans buy insurance, would help ensure that most people end up spending less on their health bills, according to a new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Congress's independent scorekeepers. [rc]
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December 3, 2009
USA: Where Did Health Care Reform Go?
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NEW YORK, NY / TIME Magazine / US / December 3, 2009
Congress is quietly watering down provisions in health care legislation that were supposed to control medical costs. Photo: Ian Hooton / Getty
By Karen Tumulty
Pretty much everyone agrees that the health care legislation now making its way through both houses of Congress would do some things well. It would cover almost all of the roughly 33 million legal residents of this country who now lack health insurance. And a vast expansion of Medicaid, coupled with billions of dollars in subsidies to help low- and middle-income Americans buy insurance, would help ensure that most people end up spending less on their health bills, according to a new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Congress's independent scorekeepers. [rc]
Click here to read more
© 2009 Time Inc.
Congress is quietly watering down provisions in health care legislation that were supposed to control medical costs. Photo: Ian Hooton / Getty
By Karen Tumulty
Pretty much everyone agrees that the health care legislation now making its way through both houses of Congress would do some things well. It would cover almost all of the roughly 33 million legal residents of this country who now lack health insurance. And a vast expansion of Medicaid, coupled with billions of dollars in subsidies to help low- and middle-income Americans buy insurance, would help ensure that most people end up spending less on their health bills, according to a new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Congress's independent scorekeepers. [rc]
Click here to read more
© 2009 Time Inc.
