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CBO Finds House VA Bill Could Cost More, Does Cost Less Than Senate Bill
The Congressional Budget Office today released a preliminary analysis of several sections of the House VA reform bill. Like the Senate bill that we...
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Paying for A Fix to the VA Health System
Now that both chambers of Congress have passed bills aimed at improving the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health system, they will need...
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Senate Vets Bill Could Create New $500 Billion Entitlement Program
The Senate voted 93-3 yesterday on new legislation to expand veterans' benefits by allowing beneficiaries to seek out private (non-VA) health care...
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Determining Medicare's Underlying Growth
Despite the noted acceleration in broader health care spending this year (likely due in large part to coverage expansions), Medicare continues to grow...
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Only 13% of Uninsured Expected to Pay Individual Mandate Penalty
The individual mandate penalty is arguably the most controversial piece of the Affordable Care Act. It was the centerpiece of the legal challenge to...
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Two New Ideas to Save Money on Drugs in Health Affairs
The House Affordable Medicines Caucus recently launched by Reps. Peter Welch (D-VT) and Keith Rothfus (R-PA) already has plenty of ideas to reform our...
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Senator Sanders Proposes Emergency VA Authorization
In response to the recent VA scandal and hospital backlogs, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has proposed legislation...
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House Affordable Medicines Caucus Has Options
Reps. Peter Welch (D-VT) and Keith Rothfus (R-PA) have officially re-launched a bipartisan caucus in the House looking to promote the use of high...
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Rubio Proposes Retirement Program Reforms
As the Senate works this week to increase the debt, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) outlined a series of reforms to Social Security, Medicare, and retirement...
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Temporary Effects Driving Some of Medicare's Slow Growth in 2014
Medicare spending has grown remarkably slowly so far this year, according to the often-overlooked Monthly Budget Reviews from the Congressional Budget...
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How Much Difference Does Health Care Cost Growth Make to the Budget?
The recent slowdown in federal health care spending has certainly been good news for the budget, knocking hundreds of billions of dollars off...
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The $900 Billion Slowdown in Federal Health Care Spending
With April's updated projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), spending on major federal health care programs (Medicare, Medicaid, and...