Shorter Peter Orszag: ‘If We Stop Paying Doctors, Even CBO Concedes We Won’t Be Spending As Much on Health Care’

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  July 25th at 09:53 PM  | 

That’s what White House Budget Director Peter Orszag had to say about the Congressional Budget Office’s latest statement that “the probability is high that no [health care] savings would be realized” by creating yet another federal board to oversee the federal government’s $33 trillion Medicare mess. Here’s what Orszag said: With regard to the long-term impact, CBO suggested that the proposal, with several specific tweaks | Read More »

Obama: I Can Quit Spending Any Time I Want To!

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  March 11th at 01:00 PM  | 

Update: Jake Tapper notes that it was one year ago this week that then-Sen. Obama (D-IL) “swooped in from the campaign trail to — along with then-Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. — vote for an amendment to impose a one-year moratorium on earmarks for fiscal year 2009.” What a difference a year and a change in power makes, eh? I will | Read More »