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Primary Care: Estimating Democratic Candidates’ Health Plans
Read moreSenator Bernie Sanders released a new set of proposals to offset the cost of his health care plan this week. Based on these new proposals, we have...
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The President's Budget Saves Medicare $600 Billion While Reducing Out-of-Pocket Costs
Read moreLast year, numerous politicians and outlets repeated the false and misleading claim that the President’s FY 2020 budget cut Medicare benefits by $845...
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Budget Deal Shows Bipartisan Failure of Leadership
Read moreFor Immediate Release Later today, President Trump is expected to sign into law a $1.4 trillion spending package, appropriated through two bipartisan...
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Appropriations Deal Will Cost $2.1 Trillion Over 20 Years
Read moreThe appropriations deal's numerous deficit-increasing policies, most notably its permanent repeal of three Affordable Care Act (ACA) taxes, would cost...
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Spending Package Could Add $500 Billion to Debt
Read moreUpdate 12/17/19: CBO and JCT have now estimated the year-end spending package after a late-night addition by the House Rules Committee. The bill now...
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Watch: Opportunities for Lowering Health Care Costs
Read moreOn November 21, we hosted a major event on reducing health care costs for families, businesses, and the federal government. The event featured two...
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Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and West Health Launch Health Savers Initiative
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and the West Health Policy Center have launched the Health Savers Initiative, a...
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Could Medicare for All be Financed Entirely by Cutting Defense Spending?
Read moreLast week, The New York Times published an op-ed entitled “We Don’t Need to Raise Taxes to Have ‘Medicare for All’ .” In it, Lindsay Koshgarian...
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Would Medicare for All Require a Middle-Class Tax Hike?
Read moreWith several 2020 presidential candidates endorsing a move to single-payer health care ( Medicare for All), there is an ongoing debate over whether...
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Fact Checking Medicare for All Claims from the Fourth Democratic Primary Debate
Read moreDuring the fourth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential election cycle, former Vice President Joe Biden and South Bend, Indiana Mayor...
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How to Reduce Health Costs By $900 Billion
Read moreThere is no single magic bullet to rein in the high cost of health care for households, businesses, and governments. But lawmakers are currently...
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Letter to Finance Committee: Thank You For Working to Reduce Health Costs
Read moreBelow is a letter sent today from Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas to leaders of the Senate Finance Committee...