... working with lawmakers trying to find a compromise on the contentious issue. "There are ways to finesse this," said Robert Reischauer, president of the Urban Institute public policy center. "One way is to design the authority for a public plan ...

... effort will succeed. "The government's budget is just horrendously confusing," said Urban Institute president Robert Reischauer, a former head of the Congressional Budget Office. "We've made some progress but there are many government accounts ...