Original sentence: However, economist Paul Krugman argues that this amount is less than the cost of the tax cuts passed by President Bush in 2001 and 2003, stating in June 2009: "The fundamental fact is that we can afford universal health insurance--even those high estimates were less than the $1.8 trillion cost of the Bush tax cuts
Edited sentence: However, Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman has pointed out that this amount is less than the cost of the tax cuts passed by President Bush in 2001 and 2003, stating in June 2009: "The fundamental fact is that we can afford universal health insurance--even those high estimates were less than the $1.8 trillion cost of the Bush tax cuts