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Congress May Kick the Can Again on the Doc Fix
Repeating a story heard many times before, in a speech at a Federation of American Hospitals conference, House Ways And Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI...
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King v. Burwell and the Federal Budget
The Supreme Court ruling on the King v. Burwell case being argued before the Court today will have major policy and political ramifications that have...
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Fisher, Gregg, and Weinstein: A Prescription for What's Ailing ACOs
Dr. Elliott Fisher, former Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH), and Dr. James Weinstein penned an op-ed published in Modern Healthcare discussing the need to...
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Dartmouth Summit: Medicare Slowdown At Risk
Our partners at Fix the Debt co-hosted the Dartmouth Summit to produce recommendations for health care savings. Read the paper below, the two-page...
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Medicare Slowdown at Risk: The Imperative of Fixing ACOs
Today, Fix the Debt, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, and Dartmouth College released a paper titled Medicare Slowdown at Risk: The Imperative of Fixing...
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The Benefits of Medicare Benefit Redesign
In a little over one month, lawmakers will face their second significant Fiscal Speed Bump of the year when the one-year "doc fix" expires. At that...
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Heritage Offers Package of SGR Offsets
In two months, lawmakers will encounter their third Fiscal Speed Bump of 2015 when the "doc fix" expires, leading to a 21 percent cut in Medicare...
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Trust Fund Deadlines Are Closing In
In addition to updating budget projections, CBO's baseline also looks at the state of various government trust funds over the next ten years. Two of...
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Energy and Commerce Holds First Hearing on SGR
The House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Health Subcommittee yesterday held the first of two hearings on the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula for...
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A Medical Device Tax Repeal Should Be Fiscally Responsible
The brand new 114th Congress is at it again. Only weeks into the term, a second fiscally irresponsible change to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has...
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Fiscal Speed Bumps Will Keep the New Congress Busy
Although the 114th Congress is just getting settled, it will have to move quickly to address a series of deadlines with serious policy and fiscal...