Will Heath Care Reform Actually Save Us Any Money?

Courtesy Donklephant  Fri, 05/15/2009 - 11:02am

David Brooks identifies a key problem with the health care reform legislation milling around Congress: it may not save us much money :

If you read the C.B.O. testimony and talk to enough experts, you come away with a stark conclusion: There are deep structural forces, both in Medicare and the private insurance market, that have driven the explosion in health costs.

It is nearly impossible to put together a majority coalition for a bill that challenges those...


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