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American Health Care: Health Spending and the Federal Budget
Read moreThe United States spends more on health care than any other country in the world, and a large share of that spending comes from the federal government...
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Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and Concerned Actuaries Group Launch Collaborative Public Dialogue on American Health Care
Read moreFor Immediate Release Today the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and the Concerned Actuaries Group are announcing a new collaborative...
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Does the Rescissions Bill Undermine Children's Health Care?
Read moreMany have criticized President Trump's $15 billion rescission package for cutting the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). For instance, a...
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Policymakers Should Work Together to Reduce Drug Costs
Read moreFor Immediate Release President Trump outlined several proposals to reduce prescription drug prices in a speech Friday. The following is a statement...
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The President's Budget Proposes Smart Health Savings
Read moreMuch of the health care discussion in President Trump's FY 2019 budget has focused on his $700 billion plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care...
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Does the President's Budget Slash Social Security and Medicare?
Read moreSeveral lawmakers have claimed that President Trump's latest budget would " slash," " gut," and " devastate" Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid...
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$30 Billion in Debt is a High Price to Reopen the Government
Read moreFor Immediate Release The House and Senate have passed a short-term continuing resolution extending discretionary funding through February 8. The...
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Three-Week Funding Deal Includes $30 Billion in Tax Cuts
Read moreLawmakers came to a bipartisan agreement to end the federal government shutdown yesterday, but it came with a very high price. The continuing...
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House Continuing Resolution Sets Stage for Over $300 Billion in Costs
Read moreHouse Republicans released a draft continuing resolution (CR) last night to extend current levels of discretionary spending through February 16, which...
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Health Package Sets Stage For Nearly $600 Billion of Costs
Read moreWays and Means Committee Republicans have offered a package of health legislation that would delay several Affordable Care Act (ACA or "Obamacare")...
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House Releases Responsible Health Package
Read moreAt a time when fiscal restraints are being disregarded, a House bill released yesterday would responsibly pay for extensions of the Children's Health...
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Sanders to Introduce Single-Payer Bill – How Much Will It Cost?
Read moreTomorrow, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is expected to introduce a single-payer health care bill (“Medicare for All”). The legislation also has...