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**Qrhzbadu** · 08-06-2010, 07:01 AM

NY Times:
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/201...ing-the-curve/

The new Medicare Trustees Report is out. Comparing Table IIIA-2 in this year’s report and last year’s report, we get this:

In other words, the Medicare actuaries believe that the cost-saving provisions in the Obama health reform will make a huge difference to the long-run budget outlook. Yes, it’s just a projection, and debatable like all projections. And it’s still not enough. But anyone who both claims to be worried about the long-run deficit and was opposed to health reform has some explaining to do. All the facts we have suggest that health reform was the biggest move toward fiscal responsibility in a long, long time.

08-06-2010, 07:01 AM	#1
Qrhzbadu Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 444 Senior Member	Medicare Actuaries: Health Care Reform saves nearly 50% in costs over 50 years NY Times: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/201...ing-the-curve/ The new Medicare Trustees Report is out. Comparing Table IIIA-2 in this year’s report and last year’s report, we get this: In other words, the Medicare actuaries believe that the cost-saving provisions in the Obama health reform will make a huge difference to the long-run budget outlook. Yes, it’s just a projection, and debatable like all projections. And it’s still not enough. But anyone who both claims to be worried about the long-run deficit and was opposed to health reform has some explaining to do. All the facts we have suggest that health reform was the biggest move toward fiscal responsibility in a long, long time.
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