Executive Council Statement
Fiscal and Social Responsibility: Achieving Health Care Reform and Retirement Security in a Tough Economy
… responsibility. Of course, we must be concerned with long-term fiscal stability, but we cannot allow fiscal responsibility to be used as a pretext for cutting the social safety net. In this time of growing economic insecurity, we should be … choke off a budding economic recovery. We cannot let concerns over budget deficits keep us from doing what is necessary right now to rescue the economy. And even as we turn our attention to long-term structural deficits, we must be careful to … (HIT) and research on the comparative effectiveness of drugs and medical devices, marks an historic first step in the right direction. And the president’s budget makes an important down payment on comprehensive health care reform over the next …