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We Need Health Care Reform, Not an Entitlements Commission
Economic Policy Institute Link to more items from this source
[Opinion]
Feb. 20, 2009

Excerpt: In response to pressure from Blue Dog Democrats, the administration is hosting a 'fiscal responsibility summit' on February 23. Though it remains unclear what will come out of this process, some press reports, notably a Wall Street Journal article, claim the president 'gave the nod' to an entitlements commission whose recommendations would be put to an up-down vote before Congress. This may be premature, but it has caused understandable dismay among advocates gearing up for a universal health care offensive who now face the prospect of again playing defense on Social Security. We hope that the president will reject the idea of bypassing Congress, and use the occasion of the summit to make clear that we do not have a fiscal deficit problem so much as a problem of spiraling health care costs throughout the economy, not just in government programs like Medicare and Medicaid.

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