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Opinion Piece on Budget Reform
Maya MacGuineas’ opinion piece in Roll Call, Reducing the Budget Deficit Requires More Than Just Health Care Reform, argues that: 1) while it is too...
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The Second Ten Years
CQ reports that CBO is likely to score the costs of the Senate Finance Committee health care bill for the second ten year period. This is excellent...
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Selective Triggering
We think triggers can be helpful in budgeting, by providing a back-up plan for when estimates prove wrong or conditions change, and by helping...
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Some Highlights from Obama's Health Care Speech
A few minutes ago, President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress to discuss health care reform. Although he talked about a wide array of...
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The Deficit Pledge
"I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits – either now or in the future. Period.” That is a clear cut pledge, and a very good one...
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Those 'Health Care Gimmicks' Are Still Out There
Today, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation released a Lewin Group analysis of the current House health care reform bill (America’s Affordable Health...
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Trigger Happy
REVISED: Today, CRFB issued a press release commenting on the President's statement last night on developing a trigger to ensure that any health care...
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What We'd Like to Hear in the President's Speech Tonight
1. Health reform is first and foremost about controlling costs – There are three major problems people would like to solve through health reform: cost...
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Pandering to Seniors
Responsible budgeting is always challenging – but it is particularly so when the discussion centers on certain “third rail" issues like seniors...
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Fiscal Space, Stimulus and Entitlement Cuts
Given the weak economy, how do we balance our need for economic stimulus now with our need to get our fiscal house in order to prevent the age and...
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Taxing the Middle Class
August 4 - Yesterday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs reiterated the administration's pledge not to raise taxes on Americans earning less...
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CRFB Release Urges Health Care Cost Controls
July 30 - Yesterday, CRFB put out a release urging policymakers to focus on controlling costs associated with current health care reform efforts. The...