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Let the Cadillac Tax Drive...Down Deficits and Health Care Spending
A group of House Democrats introduced a bill yesterday to repeal the tax on high-cost health insurance plans, commonly known as the "Cadillac tax,"...
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The Post-SGR Budget Outlook
Lawmakers cleared their second Fiscal Speed Bump of the year - the expiration of the one-year "doc fix" - earlier this month, scuttling the Medicare...
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Update: Fiscal Speed Bumps
Congress sped through this year's second and third " Fiscal Speed Bumps" in March, ignoring the return of the statutory debt limit (though the hard...
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House and Senate Budgets Don't Balance in 2025 With Enacted Legislation
The House and Senate are going to a conference committee to reconcile the differences between their budget resolutions, but legislative developments...
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A Quick Take on Governor Christie's Entitlement Plan
This morning, Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) delivered an important speech in New Hampshire on the need for entitlement reform. The speech not only...
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SGR Bill Triggers Several Rule Violations
We have described at length the fiscal irresponsibility of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) reform bill (H.R. 2) working its way through Congress --...
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PAYGO or No-Go: An Easy Way for Congress to Improve the SGR Bill
There's a simple way to make the $141 billion House-passed Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) bill more fiscally responsible: don't exempt it from...
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Health Care Policies in the President's Budget
Lawmakers often lament the difficulty of reforming Medicare and other health care programs, but the difficulty is not a lack of viable options. One...
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The Basics of the SGR Replacement Bill
The Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula returned yesterday with 21 percent cuts to Medicare physician payments, although the actual effect won't be...
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The Path to $165 Billion of Savings
We have spent much space on this blog highlighting the fact that temporary delays of the cuts dictated by Medicare's Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR)...
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No, the SGR Replacement Bill is Not Fiscally Responsible
Despite official estimates tabbing the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula replacement bill at a cost of $141 billion this decade and...