Simpson, Bowles Blast Health Care Spending

Former Sen. Alan Simpson and former Clinton White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles both zeroed in on health care costs and the deficit during testimony before the super committee on Tuesday.

Related: Budget Experts Warn Super Committee About Consequences Of Failure

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<h1>Simpson, Bowles Blast Health Care Spending</h1>
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			November 1, 2011		</time>
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<p>Former Sen. Alan Simpson and former Clinton White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles both zeroed in on health care costs and the deficit during testimony before the super committee on Tuesday.</p><ul><li>Related: <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/Stories/2011/November/01/health-on-the-hill-super-committee.aspx">Budget Experts Warn Super Committee About Consequences Of Failure</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/110111-super-committee-hearing-budget-experts/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/110111-super-committee-hearing-budget-experts/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/110111-super-committee-hearing-budget-experts/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Simpson%2C%20Bowles%20Blast%20Health%20Care%20Spending&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F110111-super-committee-hearing-budget-experts%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/110111-super-committee-hearing-budget-experts/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/110111-super-committee-hearing-budget-experts/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/110111-super-committee-hearing-budget-experts/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=10161&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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