Excerpt: As is well-known, comprehensive health care reform comes with a price tag, which will be based on the analysis of the Congressional Budget Office. But will lawmakers have all the information they need on costs? Will they be looking at a complete picture? The answer to these questions is critical to solving the challenge we face. If past is prologue, there is reason to believe that the CBO price tag for health care reform, on which legislators will base decisions, will not capture the future savings, because it underestimates the value of investment in health care as a means to achieving a healthier, more productive and, ultimately, more prosperous America.  MORE >>