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Social Security and Medicare Trustees Release 2024 Reports
Read moreThe Social Security and Medicare Trustees just released their annual reports on the financial status of the Social Security and Medicare programs. The...
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Health Care Proposals in the President’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget
Read moreFor more about these proposals, listen to Josh Gordon , CRFB’s Director of Health Policy, on the podcast: Facing the Future . The President's Fiscal...
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New RECA Bill Would Worsen the Debt
Read moreThe Senate is expected to vote this week on a bill ( S.3853) to dramatically expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) created to...
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Employer Plans in Medicare Advantage: A Flaw in the Quality Bonus System
Read moreEmployer Group Waiver Plans (EGWPs) are a popular option for unions and employers to provide former workers with retiree health insurance in place of...
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Measuring the Savings from Preventative Health Care
Read moreThis month, the House Budget Committee passed a bill that would direct the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to evaluate the long-term budget impacts...
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Supplemental Payments Drive Up Federal Medicaid Costs
Read moreThis paper is part of a series on Medicaid financing. Other papers in the series discuss an overview of state financing schemes and provider taxes...
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Payroll Taxes Fall Short of Paying for Social Security and Medicare
Read moreIn a recent New York Times opinion piece which keyed off a recent analysis from Karen Smith and Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget board...
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Lower Costs, More Transparency Act Passes House
Read moreThe House of Representatives passed the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act yesterday with a large bipartisan majority. Within the legislation is an...
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Event Recap: Second Annual Health Solutions Summit
Read moreOn November 8th, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted its second annual Health Solutions Summit in partnership with the Healthcare...
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House Site-Neutral Policy Should Save More
Read moreHouse leadership recently introduced the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, that unifies multiple legislative proposals from the Energy and Commerce...
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NDAA Includes $150 Billion Deficit-Increasing Program
Read moreThe Senate-passed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 (NDAA) would increase the deficit by $153 billion over a decade...
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Medicaid Provider Taxes Inflate Federal Matching Funds
Read moreThis paper is part of a series on Medicaid financing. Other papers in the series discuss an overview of state financing schemes and supplemental...