Health Care

They Did It! Kudos to the Esquire Budget Commission for releasing a budget plan this morning! Former Senators Gary Hart, Bill Bradley, Bob Packwood...

With the fiscal debt clock ticking, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget yesterday brought together members of Congress and other fiscal...

Today the Republican caucus of the House of Representatives released an agenda-setting document as a part of its strategy to take control of the House...

An interesting exchange was recently published on progressive ways to think about deficit reduction, especially when it comes to the “big three...

If lawmakers extended various current policies, as opposed to letting them expire as they are set to under current law, what would happen to economic...

We've spoken a lot about Social Security reform the last few days, in the context of solvency, sustainability, and direct effects on the budget. But...

Today, CRFB released its analysis of the Medicare Trustees’ report on health care cost projections (for an analysis of the Social Security Trustees...

Gone and Back – The Senate has left for its August recess, the House will return this week (for a day). Congress will be back in session after Labor...

Today, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports on the financial status of the two programs. The Trustees now project...

Finally, the Senate got it right: we have a deficit-neutral stimulus. In fact, the bill would even slightly reduce deficits by $1.4 billion over the...

Ever since health care reform passed in March, it's had a huge target on its back by those who want to repeal it. Unfortunately, the bullseye for some...