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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...
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Alternative Estimates of the Individual Mandate
On Monday, we presented a budgetary analysis of the effect the Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act could have on the budget. Naturally...
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How the Supreme Court's Decision on Health Care Reform Could Affect the Budget
It is no secret to those following the news that the Supreme Court will soon make a decision on the constitutionality of pieces of the Affordable Care...
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MedPAC's Prescriptions for Medicare
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has released its June 2012 report, detailing ways in which Congress can improve Medicare to better...
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Good News for Health Spending?
Actuaries at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services have published a new report detailing their projections for health care spending growth...
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The Drivers: Health Care Cost Growth and Population Aging
In our recent analysis of CBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook, we elaborated on how the overall federal debt is on an unsustainable path. Just twelve years...