Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an analysis (pdf) of the Senate version health insurance reform – and it contains more good news about what reform will mean for families struggling to keep up with skyrocketing premiums under the broken status quo. Like other recent analyses, the CBO report finds that lower administrative costs, increased […]
The Thanksgiving holiday is over, and attention now turns to the Senate floor debate on its health insurance reform. Today’s Washington Post explores one aspect of this debate– and that’s what the impact of health reform will be on our deficits and fiscal situation. There are three things to keep in mind when assessing this […]
As one of the people in the Office of Public Engagement who work every day with citizens, groups, and organizations on health insurance reform, I’m constantly amazed at the overwhelming show of support from every corner and every constituency you can think of. When I say the list goes on and on, I mean it […]
This Thursday, the President is hosting a discussion at the White House to explore every possible avenue for job creation and get ideas from CEOs, small business owners, economists, financial experts, labor union representatives, nonprofit groups and regular Americans who have felt the impact of this economic crisis firsthand. But you don’t need to be […]
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For the past day and a half, several Senior Administration officials and I joined leaders from the public, private, and non-profit sectors to discuss the role of innovation in achieving sustainable economic growth and quality jobs. We wish to extend our thanks to the Aspen Institute, Intel, the PBS News Hour with Jim Lehrer, and […]
The United State Agency for International Development (USAID) is responding to President Obama’s call to promote women’s empowerment throughout the world by strengthening the Agency’s gender policy. USAID funds development projects all around the world which strive to promote greater socioeconomic development. In the diverse cultures where USAID works, project assistance may impact men and […]
There’s a new report out from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on the economic impact of the Recovery Act. I’ll get to the findings in a second, but somebody over at the Wall St. Journal’s editorial page has a whole lot of explaining to do. Here what CBO found: Between its inception in February of this year […]
Today, on World AIDS Day, we take a moment to recognize those living with AIDS and the organizations dedicated to HIV/AIDS research, prevention, and treatment. There are approximately 1.2 million people living with HIV/AIDS today in the United States. Another 56,000 Americans contract HIV each year and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that […]
If you’re an avid reader of this blog or you’ve been following the health insurance reform process closely, you probably know by now that reform will strengthen Medicare and keep the Medicare trust fund in the black for an additional five years. So you might find it curious that opponents of reform continue to repeat […]
