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What the Delay of the ACA's Employer Mandate Means for the Budget
Yesterday, the Obama administration announced the one-year delay of a key provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires coverage reporting and...
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MY VIEW: Alice Rivlin June 2013
In an article from The New England Journal of Medicine, CRFB board member Alice Rivlin along with former Senators Tom Daschle, Pete Domenici, and...
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New Interactive Map: Variations in Medicare Costs
It's no secret that getting health care spending under control will be key for the federal budget. Nearly one out of every four federal program...
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The Social Security and Medicare Trustee Reports in Charts
The projections in the latest Medicare and Social Security Board of Trustees Report were further proof of the need to reform these important...
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Modernizing the Medicare Benefit
Today, the Moment of Truth Project has released a new report," Modernizing the Medicare Benefit: A Closer Look at Reforming Medicare Cost-Sharing...
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Another Potential Bipartisan Health Care Reform
While reforming entitlement programs continues to be a critical challenge for policymakers, recent developments suggest that bipartisan support for...
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MedPAC Report Refuels the Need for Medicare Reforms
In its annual June report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) explores a number of reforms that could help improve outcomes...
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Lawmakers Not Giving Up on Medicare Reforms
While the latest Medicare Trustees report showed slightly improved projections, the long-term challenges of health care cost growth and population...
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Holtz-Eakin: Medicare Still Needs Reform
The recent slowdown of health care spending growth is one of the more positive developments in the budget over the past few years. Despite the...
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A Closer Look at the Medicare Actuary's Alternative Medicare Projections
Earlier this week, we discussed the new Medicare Trustees projections which project that the Hospital Insurance (HI, or Part A) trust fund will be...
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Medicare Trust Fund Exhaustion Now Set for 2026
Along with their report on the financial status of the Social Security trust fund, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees on Friday released a...
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WATCH: Social Security and Medicare Trustees Release Their Reports
At 11 AM Eastern time, the Social Security and Medicare trustees will release their respective reports on the finances of the two programs over the...