CBO: No Net Federal Cost Savings in Dem Health Plans

From ABC News:

Here’s a blow to President Obama and Democrats pressing health care reform.

One of the main arguments made by the President and others for investing in health reform now is that it will save the federal government money in the long run by containing costs.

Turns out that may not be the case, according to Doug Elmendorf, director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

Read the whole piece here.

(via Michael Cannon at Cato)

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