Obama's Priorities: A Lesson in Narcissism.

 Elementary facts: the CBO scores the imapct on the budget, and that is all - they are the Budget office, not the Macroeconomic office.

Impact on budget, impact on national economy = two different things, as was made clear in my comment.

Eleven top  experts in health care economics said this:

November 6, 2009

To Members of Congress:

Successful health care reform is vital to the nation’s fiscal and economic future. The legislation the House will vote on in the coming days will guarantee security of coverage, limit the costs of care, create incentives for improved quality of care, and set us on the path towards sustainable economic growth. In short, the House health reform legislation takes the steps necessary to promote our economic health.

Specifically, the bill:

Reduces the deficit by over $100 billion in the first 10 years, and continues to reduce the deficit in subsequent years, as judged by the Congressional Budget Office.

Takes initial steps to “bend the cost curve,” and thus might lead to even larger cost savings than official estimates suggest.

Covers nearly all American citizens and legal residents.

We urge House passage of the legislation, which provides a historic opportunity to realize the long-delayed goal of significant health care reform.

Signed,

Dr. Henry J. Aaron, The Brookings InstitutionDr. Mike Chernew, Harvard University Medical SchoolDr. David Cutler, Harvard UniversityDr. Judy Feder, Georgetown University, Center for American Progress Action FundDr. Dana Goldman, University of Southern CaliforniaDr. Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDr. Len Nichols, The New America FoundationDr. Alice Rivlin, The Brookings InstitutionDr. Meredith Rosenthal, Harvard University School of Public HealthDr. Jonathan Skinner, Dartmouth CollegeDr. Katherine Swartz, Harvard University School of Public Health

Note, these are people who study the subject - not folks who just read the insurance industry talking points, like, say, Greta VS.