Top stories published by Keith Hennessey in October of 2009

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Oct 15, 2009

Regional inequities in health care reform

In the pending health care bills, low-income individuals and families who buy health insurance outside employment will get large government subsidies. Those subsidies vary by locale. This represents a significant implicit policy decision with enormous…

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Oct 5, 2009

Chicago’s Olympic bid & the President’s trip

I generally stick to pure economic policy issues, but will stray a bit to discuss the 2016 Olympic bid. I am a bit of an Olympics nut, and the intersection with the Washington debate interests me.

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Oct 30, 2009

No job growth for eight months?

On CBS’ Early Show today, Vice Presidential Economic Advisor Jared Bernstein emphasized the Administration’s new estimates that the stimulus has “saved or created” one million jobs. I won’t belabor the point that these estimates are unreliable.

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Oct 12, 2009

Higher premiums and lower wages

The health insurance lobby, known as AHIP: America’s Health Insurance Plans, released a study last night showing that elements of the Baucus bill would make health insurance more expensive than under current law. The study is by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and Karen Ignani, the…

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Oct 8, 2009

Numbers matter

Numbers are hard. Some people find them boring. It’s much simpler to debate whether illegal immigrants should receive subsidized health insurance and whether there should be a government-run health plan option. Everyone can participate in such a debate without much effort.

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Oct 20, 2009

The jobs battle

The President’s advisors are devoting a lot of communications effort to framing the employment picture. The “jobs battle” is likely to continue as a first-tier economic and political issue through 2010. Here is some context on the intersection among the economics, the policy, and the politics. I…

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Oct 28, 2009

Five important upcoming Senate health care votes

I’m back after a hiatus. Leader Reid dominated the health news this week with his announcement that the bill he will bring to the Senate floor will contain the public option. This is an important but overrated issue. Still, it is dominating the…

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Oct 1, 2009

Voting for health reform before voting against it

A couple friends have suggested a Senate legislative scenario that has significant merit, enough so that I am again updating my projections for the legislative outlook.

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Oct 30, 2009

CBO weighs in on the health bills

If you have been following my health posts closely over the past few months, then you should be ready for this analysis from CBO: Different Measures for Analyzing Current Proposals to Reform Health Care.

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Oct 29, 2009

Updating the legislative scenarios: Reply hazy, ask again later

Now that Speaker Pelosi has released her health bill and Leader Reid will soon release his, we near the end of the most opaque part of the legislative process and approach floor consideration of both bills.

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