Blog
Welcome to our blog – The Bottom Line, where you’ll find up-to-date commentary and analysis on the most important news in the fiscal world. Below is a list of our blog posts.
Support Grows for Medicare Cost-Sharing Reforms
Over the last week, we’ve highlighted two potential area of common ground on Medicare reform: cost-sharing reforms and raising the Medicare age with a...
Is a Buy-In the Bipartisan Answer to Raising the Medicare Age?
Last week we discussed the potential for bipartisan agreement on Medicare cost-sharing reforms, and today Politico reports on another area of...
Biennial Budgeting Picks Up Steam in Congress
As reported in The Hill over the weekend, a proposed change to the United States’ yearly budgetary process is gaining steam in the Senate. An...
Poll: Americans Favor Compromise on the Budget
Over the last few weeks, we've seen several different budget proposals emerge from the Senate and the House, and President Obama is expected to...
Line Items: Game of Thrones Returns Edition
It’s Back – The long wait finally ended on Sunday as the HBO hit series "Game of Thrones" debuted its third season, gratifying those who have longed...
MY VIEW: Ed Lorenzen April 2013
Today, Moment of Truth Project Director Ed Lorenzen published an op-ed responding to a recent piece from Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times...
Medicare Advantage Payment Increase Explained
In a surprising move yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a reversal in their previous plans to cut payments to...
More Ways to Reform the Social Security Disability Insurance Program
The recent NPR segment from Chana Joffe-Walt on the disability insurance program has certainly started a conversation. The Washington Post 's Wonkblog...
RATE Coalition Urges a More Competitive Tax Code
Today, the RATE Coalition sent a letter to the chairs and ranking members of the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees, urging them to...
Mankiw Agrees on the Target for Deficit Reduction
Former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors and Harvard Professor Greg Mankiw explains how a sustainable budget would affect debt levels in a...
NYT Gets It Wrong on the Chained CPI
The New York Times has an editorial criticizing switching to the chained CPI for Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs). Recall that the...
MY VIEW: Pete Peterson
In today's Politico, CRFB board member and former Secretary of Commerce Pete Peterson calls for a long-term solution to our national debt, which...