CBO Projects $50B Savings From MedMal Reform; Budget Hawk Group Estimates Impact Of Other Phase 3 Bills

Updated Story The Congressional Budget Office estimates that medical malpractice legislation, which is part of Republicans’ plan to handle a raft of health care reform bills separately from budget reconciliation, would reduce the deficit by $50 billion, and the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates that four additional bills in that legislative package would modestly reduce the deficit, lower health care costs and increase coverage. In addition to the reconciliation bill pulled from the House floor...