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Gene Steuerle: Why Health Cost Growth Increases after Estimators Say it’s Slowing: Observer Effects and Feedback Loops
Dr. Eugene (Gene) Steuerle is the Richard B. Fisher chair and Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute and a member of the Committee for a Responsible...
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Key Takeaways from the New Health Care Spending Outlook
The Office of the Actuary (OACT) at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its latest National Health Expenditure (NHE)...
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Loren Adler: Medicare at Middle Age
Loren Adler, Research Director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a guest post that appeared on the RealClearPolicy blog . It...
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Public Trustees Highlight the Need for Prompt Reform
Last week, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports on the long-term finances of each program, showing that those...
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Unpaid-For Veterans Provisions Piggyback on Transportation Bill
Before Congress leaves for August, they must pass a transportation bill extending highway programs and transferring additional money into the Highway...
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Medicare Trustees' Report Shows The Importance of Cost Control Vigilance
There was plenty of focus on the Social Security Trustees' report yesterday, but the Medicare report, released at the same time, contains very...
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Social Security Costs Keep Increasing Over the Long Term
CBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook, released last month, included updated projections for Social Security and Medicare, including individuals' expected...
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Bundled Payments Get a Boost
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) continues to push forward important delivery system reforms, last week announcing a new...
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Good News But Also Warning Signs in the Medicaid Actuaries' Report
The Chief Actuary for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the 2014 Medicaid Actuarial Report forecasting Medicaid...
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Sources of Spending Growth in the Long Term
Over the past few weeks, we have been posting in-depth analysis of the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) Long-Term Outlook. In its supplemental data...
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Changes Make Cures Bill More Responsible
To ameliorate some concerns with the original bill, a revised version of H.R. 6, or the 21st Century Cures Act, was recently released, aiming to...
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Defunding Health Care Innovation Jeopardizes the Budget
In a move that could stall promising health care delivery system reforms and drive up entitlement spending, the House Appropriations Committee last...