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Trustees' Report Confirms Medicare Cannot Be Ignored Much Longer
Read moreThough health care has been a hot topic in Washington this year, Medicare has been conspicuously absent from the debate despite being the largest...
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Comparing "Repeal and Replace" Bills
Read moreNote (7/27/17): This blog has been updated to reflect the Congressional Budget Office's score of a hypothetical "skinny repeal" bill with additional...
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CBO's Score of the Latest Senate Health Bill
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its updated score of the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA). This version includes...
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Resources on the Evolving Health Care Debate
Read moreWith the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) losing support in the Senate on Monday evening, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced...
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Is CBO's Math on the BCRA Wrong Because It Uses Faulty Numbers?
Read moreThe White House tweeted out a video Wednesday saying "the Congressional Budget Office's [CBO] math doesn't add up" because they use "faulty numbers."...
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CBO Releases Its Own Estimate of the President's Budget
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its estimate of the President's budget today. The estimate shows, perhaps unsurprisingly, a much worse...
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Maya MacGuineas: White House Video Continues Dispiriting Pattern of CBO Attacks
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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4 Ideas That Should Be Considered For Any Health Reform Package
Read moreIt is unclear whether the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) – the Senate GOP's proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA or...
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Long-Term Estimate: Senate Health Care Bill Could Save $2.1 Trillion Over 20 Years
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the Senate health care bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), would save $321 billion...
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Marc Goldwein: 'Big 3' Burden: Entitlement Costs Simply Untenable
Read moreMarc Goldwein is the senior vice president and senior policy director of the Commitee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion...
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Is There a Medicaid Spending Increase Under the Senate Health Bill?
Read morePresident Donald Trump recently claimed on Twitter that Medicaid spending will go up under the Senate's Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA). It is...
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Rudolph Penner: The Attacks On The Congressional Budget Office Are Wrong
Read moreDr. Rudolph Penner was the director of the Congressional Budget Office from 1983 to 1987, and he is an Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute and a...