Repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) might be more like trying to erase pencil marks with a bad eraser than like deleting text typed into a computer.
Douglas Elmendorf, director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), writes about the potential complications of analyzing the effects of PPACA repeal efforts today in a blog entry.
See also: PPACA costs fall as premiums beat forecast.
The CBO is a think tank that helps members of Congress analyze budget proposals.
Elmendorf writes that members of Congress often ask the CBO to estimate the effects of changes to PPACA and of bills that would repeal part or all of PPACA.