Fix health care. But fix the deficits, too

Publication Date: September 2009

Publisher: Tax Policy Center

Author(s): Alan J. Auerbach; William G. Gale

Research Area:

Keywords: Health Insurance; Federal Budgets & Fiscal Policy; Taxes and Social Programs; Budget Issues

Type: Report

Abstract:

CNNMoney.com, Op-Ed. Obama and other policymakers need to pay more attention to a fundamental conflict underlying the health care debate: People want the federal government to do much more than they are willing to pay for through their taxes.