Health Care Reform Statement by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Conrad on CBO Estimate of Health Reform Effort by Gary Kopycinski on March 18, 2010 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Health Care Reform: Governor Newsom Announces Affordable CalRx® Insulin, $11 a Pen, Will Soon Be Available for Purchase October 19, 2025 How the Government Shutdown Is Hitting the Health Care System – and What the Battle Over ACA Subsidies Means October 4, 2025 Black Americans Still Suffer Worse Health. Here’s Why There’s So Little Progress. November 23, 2024 Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2010. What follows is a statement by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) on the Congressional Budget (CBO) estimate of the health reform effort.