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... make real progress they should do a lot more on slowing cost growth," said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. ...

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Len Nichols, an economist who heads the health policy project at the New America Foundation, has issued similar findings. He figures that the cost of guaranteed coverage will run $125 billion to $150 billion a year. Projected costs of government ...

Len Nichols, an economist who heads the health policy project at the New America Foundation, reckons that the cost of guaranteed coverage will run $125 billion to $150 billion a year. John Rother, public policy director at the American Association of ...

Jacob Hacker, a fellow at the New America Foundation and author of a paper advocating an optional public health plan modeled on Medicare, says the number of ...

"The U.S. bailout is definitely going to work faster, but it will feel more brutal," said Steven Clemons, a Japan expert and director of the foreign policy program at the New America Foundation. "The Japanese digested about 10% of their nonperforming loan problem a year -- so while the economy didn't grow, it didn't shrink. Japan was able to keep flat GDP."

Clemons cited the already sharp contraction in the U.S. housing market and consumer spending. With bank lending still pretty much frozen, he says there's no way… more

Universal Health Care Costly, Divides Dems (Investor's Business Daily Online)

...Universal health care advocates attribute the cost overruns in Massachusetts to a positive outcome -- more uninsured are signing up.

Len Nichols, director of health policy at the New America Foundation, remains upbeat about health care reform in 2009.

Away from the campaign trail, Nichols notes that a bill from Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has attracted about a dozen sponsors across the political spectrum. The bill would pay for… more

... President Bush proposed capping the tax break at $15,000 for families and using the savings to provide a tax deduction to help the uninsured afford coverage. Republican presidential contenders Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney have offered similar ideas.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has proposed financing universal coverage by ending the tax break on employer-provided coverage. He would redirect those savings to help people with incomes of less than 400% of the poverty level pay insurance premiums.

The Wyden… more

In recent weeks, presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton discussed her approach to saving Social Security. Maya MacGuineas, Director of the Fiscal Policy Program at New America, comments on the issue of Social Security:

"No one could argue that a return to fiscal discipline isn't a step in the right direction, but that alone isn't sufficient" to restore solvency to Social Security, said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

"It's certainly going… more

The Democratic contenders are focusing on expanded health care coverage as the best way to address economic anxiety. But this year's plans are costlier and more ambitious, says Len Nichols, director of health policy at the New America Foundation.

Edwards puts the annual cost of his plan at $90 billion to $120 billion. Obama says his wouldn't cost more than $65 billion — if the assumed savings materialize.

Edwards would mandate that everyone buy coverage — a big leap from… more