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Omissions and Clarifications From Our Fact-Checking
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...
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Event Recap: The Imperative of Entitlement Reform and Health Care Cost Control
In the fourth and final event in the series Strengthening of America, "The Imperative of Entitlement and Health Care Cost Growth," former Members of...
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A Healthy Debate on the Medicare Age
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...
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Wessel: With Health Care It's About How, Not How Much
We have talked before about the long run unsustainable growth of our health care spending. But when it comes to controlling Medicare and Medicaid...
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U.S. Budget Watch: How Much Are Medicare Benefits "Paid For"?
As the presidential campaigns have turned their attention to Medicare (which we analyzed two weeks ago), each one frames the issue as protecting...
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MY VIEW: Eugene Steuerle August 2012
Today, in "The Government We Deserve," Eugene Steuerle wrote an opinion piece about the need for budget constraints alongside health care reforms. He...
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Two Different Takes on Bending the Health Care Cost Curve
Today, The New England Journal of Medicine published an interesting contrast of health proposals from leading health policy experts representing the...
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Updated Estimates of the Affordable Care Act
Today, the Congressional Budget Office released two reports revising estimates for the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The first report provides updated...
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The Budgetary Impact of States Opting Out of the Medicaid Expansion
Last week, the Supreme Court released its ruling on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). As the initial...
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What the Supreme Court Decision Means for the Budget
Today, the Supreme Court announced its ruling on the constitutionality of the 2010 healthcare law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...
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CRFB Releases New Health Care Paper
Today, CRFB released its newest paper outlining options for controlling federal health care costs. Federal health spending is projected to grow at a...
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No Matter What the Supreme Court Rules, Challenges Lie Ahead
Politicos, policy wonks, and citizens will all be eagerly waiting Monday for a possible Supreme Court’s ruling on the ACA. Speculation in particular...