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Senate Finance Prescription Drug Bill Would Reduce Deficits by $100 Billion
Read moreThe Senate Finance Committee recently approved by a 19-9 vote a prescription drug bill, the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act, that the...
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Letter: Nearly 100 Experts Warn Against Cadillac Tax Repeal
Read moreA group of nearly 100 distinguished health and economic policy experts from across the ideological spectrum joined together to warn the Senate against...
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House Should Reject Another Deficit-Financed Tax Cut
Read moreFor Immediate Release The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a permanent repeal of the "Cadillac tax" on high-cost health insurance...
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Lawmakers Shouldn't Repeal Cadillac Tax Without Substantial Offsets
Read moreA bill to repeal the "Cadillac tax" on high-cost health insurance plans may soon get a vote on the House floor. This tax was an important part of the...
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Senate HELP Committee Releases Discussion Draft to Reduce Health Care Costs
Read moreThe leaders of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee recently released the Lower Health Care Costs Act, a discussion...
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Analysis of the 2019 Medicare Trustees' Report
Read moreThe Medicare Trustees have released their 2019 report, which makes projections for Medicare spending and revenue for the next 75 years. The Trustees...
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Quick Take: Social Security & Medicare Headed For Insolvency in 16 & 7 Years
Read moreThe Social Security and Medicare Trustees have released their reports on the financial state of their programs. Both reports show the programs need to...
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Does the President's Budget Slash Medicare by $845 Billion?
Read morePresident Trump's Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 budget released Monday has been met with significant criticism, especially from us. But one of the most widely...
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Bipartisan Recommendations to Reduce Health Spending from Brookings and AEI
Read moreExperts from the Brookings Institution and the American Enterprise Institute have released a joint list of recommendations to reduce health care costs...
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Health Spending Outlook Shows Faster Growth Ahead
Read moreThe Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released new National Health Expenditure (NHE) projections through 2027, showing health...
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How Much Will Medicare for All Cost?
Read moreRepresentative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), a co-chair of the Medicare for All Caucus, released a bill today that would adopt a single-payer system, where...
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House to Vote on $100 Billion Lame Duck Tax Package
Read moreThe House will likely consider a package of lame duck tax cuts costing almost $100 billion over ten years. About half of the cost comes from delaying...