Health Care

Today, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation released a Lewin Group analysis of the current House health care reform bill (America’s Affordable Health...

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...

1. Health reform is first and foremost about controlling costs – There are three major problems people would like to solve through health reform: cost...

Responsible budgeting is always challenging – but it is particularly so when the discussion centers on certain “third rail" issues like seniors...

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...

August 4 - Yesterday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs reiterated the administration's pledge not to raise taxes on Americans earning less...

July 30 - Yesterday, CRFB put out a release urging policymakers to focus on controlling costs associated with current health care reform efforts. The...

July 29 - Both the House and Senate announced today that influential legislators had helped negotiate compromises aimed at pushing health care reform...

July 27 - This weekend, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released two very significant reports, Additional Information Regarding the Effects of...

July 24 - Read Fred Hiatt's excellent interview with President Obama on health care reform and the need to deal with the fiscal crisis. Important...

July 21 - Today the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget released " Health Care and the Federal Budget," which looks at the state of the U.S...

July 18 - Yesterday, the CBO released preliminary cost estimates for the House Tri-Committee health care reform bill. According to the CBO, the bill...