Health Care

With so many provisions set to expire at the end of the year, CRFB has released a new paper that details what lawmakers have to extend and how they...

With the deadline for the Super Committee to come to an agreement nearly here, the Moment of Truth Project, a project of CRFB, has released two new...

In his testimony to the Super Committee, Fiscal Commission co-chair Erskine Bowles floated a compromise plan which would, among other things, reduce...

Last week the federal government announced that 2012 Medicare premiums will increase for most participants by $3.50 per month from $96.40, making 2012...

As is well-known by now, the growth in entitlement programs fueled by rising health care costs and an aging population threatens an ever-increasing...

The CLASS Act, the new long-term care program enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act, has been dropped, as the Obama Administration has struggled...

On Wednesday, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas and CRFB board member Douglas Holtz-Eakin testified in front of the Senate Special Committee on Aging on...

Two more recent recommendations have been added to our Super Committee submissions tracker, dealing with defense and health care. The first comes from...

CRFB President Maya MacGuineas and former CBO director and current CRFB board member Douglas Holtz-Eakin will be testifying in front the Senate...

Two more submissions have recently been made to the Super Committee, adding to what is becoming an interesting list of ideas for them to draw...

The Washington Post had an editorial yesterday supporting efforts to restrict first-dollar coverage for Medigap. Medigap is a form of private...

The submissions keep on coming. Now, Senators Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) have sent a letter to the Super Committee, pressing them to...