Ad Audit: Congress' Former Fiscal Expert Attacks Health Overhaul Effort
Main Category: Health Insurance / Medical InsuranceArticle Date: 25 Nov 2009 - 4:00 PDT
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Kaiser Health News staff writer Jordan Rau examines an ad advanced by the Employment Policies Institute. "Appearing in ads backed by a business-oriented group, June O'Neill, a former head of the Congressional Budget Office, says a health care overhaul will add to the already large national debt and hurt the elderly. Parts of her argument have merit, but the CBO doesn't share her alarmist view of the overhaul's fiscal dangers. And her own analysis suggests that some of the Medicare cuts she warns about are unlikely to occur" (11/24). Read entire story.
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