Subject: [big campaign] FW: PRESS CALL: In Light of New CBO Score, Economists Declare Health Reform Critical to Containing Costs
From: Adam Jentleson <[email-masked]>
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:44:43 -0500
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Wanted to make sure you saw this letter from 41 economists including 3 Nobel laureates arguing that health reform will control costs and lead to deficit reduction:
http://www.americanprogressaction.org/pressroom/2010/03/av/hcletter.pdf

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Subject: PRESS CALL: In Light of New CBO Score, Economists Declare Health Reform Critical to Containing Costs

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For Immediate Release
March 11, 2010

Contact
Jason Rahlan, 202.481.8132
[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

PRESS CALL: In Light of New CBO Score, Economists Discuss Letter Signed By Forty-One Peers Declaring Health Reform Critical To Containing Costs, Reducing The Deficit

Download a PDF of the letter<http://www.americanprogressaction.org/pressroom/2010/03/av/hcletter.pdf>

WASHINGTON - Forty-one leading economists, including three Nobel Laureates, signed and released a letter to the President and Congress today declaring that the health reform proposals currently under consideration will control costs and lead to deficit reduction. The letter was authored by Henry J. Aaron, Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, David Cutler, Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics at Harvard University and Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, and Alice M. Rivlin, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Director, Greater Washington Research, the Brookings Institution.

In light of the just-released CBO score, co-authors David Cutler and Henry Aaron will discuss the letter and the impact of health reform on rising costs on a conference call at 2:00 PM ET today, Thursday, March 11, 2010.

The letter states that the measures being considered by Congress "are a serious, multi-faceted initiative to improve the quality and efficiency of American medical care, rein in the fastest growing portion of government and private budgets and provide a valuable platform for future cost-control efforts."

The letter also warns, "If this legislation fails, the chances of reducing the growth of health care spending in the future will be greatly reduced."

Download a PDF of the letter<http://www.americanprogressaction.org/pressroom/2010/03/av/hcletter.pdf>

What: Press Call on Health Care Reform and Cost Containment

When: Thursday, March 11, 2010, 2:00 PM EST

Who:

Henry J. Aaron, Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution

David Cutler, Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, Harvard University; Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Action Fund

Call-in: (877) 210 - 8943

Conference ID: 62355671

Please RSVP to Jason Rahlan at [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>.

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