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An Insurance Conglomerate with a Shrinking Government on the Side, in Three Graphs
Read moreIt's no secret that a significant portion of the federal budget is devoted to our national defense and insurance programs like Social Security...
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SGR Discussion Draft Coming Together
Read moreThe Senate Finance and House Ways & Means Committees, last week, released a bipartisan, bicameral discussion draft of a proposal to permanently...
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SSA Announces New COLA
Read moreYesterday, the Social Security Administration announced that beneficiaries will be receiving a 1.5 percent Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) this year...
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Daschle: Now's the Time for Entitlement Reform
Read moreIn an op-ed in POLITICO yesterday, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle argued that the upcoming conference committee was the perfect time to...
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CBO Lowers Estimate for Increasing the Medicare Eligibility Age
Read moreYesterday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) dramatically lowered its estimate of savings if policymakers chose to increase the Medicare...
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House CR Would Worsen the Deficit by Repealing the Medical Device Tax
Read moreAs we explained this morning, the House of Representatives recently passed a continuing resolution funding the government at FY 2013 levels through...
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CBO Still Unsure Whether Recent Health Care Slowdown Means Lower Long-Term Growth
Read moreUpdate: The second graph has been corrected to show the correct year for each line. It is no secret that the growth of federal health care spending is...
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SGR Bill a Good Start but More Can Be Done for Less
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office, on Friday, estimated that the Energy & Commerce Committee’s (E&C) bill to permanently replace the flawed Sustainable...
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Moment of Truth Project Releases Policy Paper on Medicare Delivery and Payment System Reforms
Read moreThe current volume-based reimbursement that pervades America’s health care system encourages more, not better, care and is driving up spending at an...
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Bipartisan Proposal for Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Prevention Introduced
Read moreIn an effort to help address the unsustainable growth of our health care programs, a few legislators are reaching across the aisle in an effort to...
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TOMORROW: Moment of Truth Project to Host Delivery Systems and Payment Reform Briefing with NCHC
Read moreTomorrow, September 12, CRFB's Moment of Truth Project and the National Coalition on Health Care will host a briefing on Medicare delivery system and...
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Returning to the Coburn-Lieberman Medicare Plan
Read moreToday, Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) and former Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) sent a letter to House Ways and Means Chairman David Camp (R-MI) that...