Ways and Means hearing on health ITJuly 24, 2008I am testifying before the Committee on Ways and Means this morning at a hearing on promoting the adoption and use of health information technology. A link to the testimony can be found here. (The testimony is a reprise of CBO's recent health IT report, which I blogged about here).
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Federal Financial Assistance for Fannie Mae and Freddie MacJuly 22, 2008 |
Long-term fiscal impact of AMT extensionJuly 17, 2008 |
China paperJuly 17, 2008 |
Senate Finance hearingJuly 17, 2008I am testifying before the Senate Finance Committe today on overuse, underuse, and misuse of health care.
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Health care hearingsJuly 16, 2008 |
Infrastructure spendingJuly 10, 2008This morning I'm testifying before the Senate Finance Committee on infrastructure investment. My statement can be found here. The testimony occurs at a time when burgeoning congestion on the nations transportation networks and concerns that the nation is underinvesting in its physical infrastructure have focused attention on the federal governments role in sustaining that infrastructure. The testimony defines "infrastructure" as including transportation, utilities, and some other public facilities.
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Climate change July 9, 2008CBO has been doing a significant amount of analytical work on climate change, and I wrote an oped for today's Washington Post on the topic.
The piece notes that the economic cost of emission reductions will depend on the degree to which flexibility is provided on when emission reductions can occur and what policymakers do with the valuable emission allowances created under a cap-and-trade program.
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Monthly Budget ReviewJuly 7, 2008 |
Aspen Ideas FestivalJuly 2, 2008I was on a panel this morning at the Aspen Ideas Festival on the future of health care reform. During a session earlier in the conference, David Brooks delivered an important talk about how policymakers should pay more attention to neuroscience, emotion, peer effects, and other related factors in the design of public policies. Many of his themes are echoed in, and reflect, the growing field of behavioral economics (see here for a related discussion).
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