Health Care

In recent weeks, we’ve heard a lot of talk about the fiscal cliff, but little of it has focused on one piece that has caused headaches for lawmakers...

Last week, a letter from six organizations--the AARP, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Physicians, the American...

In light of our nation’s fiscal challenges, the National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC) has put together a report of policy options to address the...

The Urban Institute's Eugene Steuerle and Caleb Quakenbush have updated their estimates calculating lifetime Social Security and Medicare benefits and...

When we talk about policy uncertainty these days, most of the time we are referring to the fiscal cliff. However, several other policies remain in...

This morning, the National Coalition on Health Care held a forum in the Rayburn House Office Building entitled “Innovations in Health Care Delivery...

One of the criticisms of raising the retirement age is the belief that older workers delaying retirement may "crowd out" younger workers and cause...

We did our best to live fact-check the first presidential debate on Twitter, laying out the facts on fiscal issues. Of course, time constraints and...

In the fourth and final event in the series Strengthening of America, "The Imperative of Entitlement and Health Care Cost Growth," former Members of...

A column in The Wall Street Journal today asks "Should the Eligibility Age for Medicare Be Raised?" Taking the " yes" side is CRFB president Maya...

We have talked before about the long run unsustainable growth of our health care spending. But when it comes to controlling Medicare and Medicaid...

As the presidential campaigns have turned their attention to Medicare (which we analyzed two weeks ago), each one frames the issue as protecting...