Health care endgame: lobbyist pressure vs. "deficit neutral" pledge
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Raising a front-page alarm, the Times' David Kirkpatrick warns that lobbyists are knocking the teeth out of all the significant cost control measures in pending health care legislation. This narrative cuts against the grain of the media attention focused on the CBO's verdict that the Baucus bill would reduce the deficit by $83 billion over ten years and by more in the second decade.
Health care endgame: lobbyist pressure vs. "deficit neutral" pledge
Health care endgame: lobbyist pressure vs…
Health care endgame: lobbyist pressure vs. "deficit neutral" pledge
Raising a front-page alarm, the Times' David Kirkpatrick warns that lobbyists are knocking the teeth out of all the significant cost control measures in pending health care legislation. This narrative cuts against the grain of the media attention focused on the CBO's verdict that the Baucus bill would reduce the deficit by $83 billion over ten years and by more in the second decade.