We Can Afford Reform, We Cant Afford the Status Quo
195 views · Published 25 August 2009 · 3:19 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: The Uptake by Bridgemakers · 2009 · News & Politics
Jared Bernstein, Chief Economist for the Vice President and Executive Director of the Middle Class Task Force, debunks the myth that we cant afford health insurance reform. To the contrary, not only has the President demanded that reform not add to the deficit in the short term, but reform is the only way to get skyrocketing health care costs under control that will be devastating not for families , businesses, and for government deficits in the long term under the status quo.
