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Don't Take the Health Exclusion Off the Table
Read moreRecently, there has been some discussion of taking the employer-sponsored health exclusion off the table in tax reform. But for those interested in...
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What the Delay of the ACA's Employer Mandate Means for the Budget
Read moreYesterday, the Obama administration announced the one-year delay of a key provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires coverage reporting and...
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New Interactive Map: Variations in Medicare Costs
Read moreIt's no secret that getting health care spending under control will be key for the federal budget. Nearly one out of every four federal program...
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Op-Ed: Prescription for Patient-Centered Care and Cost Containment
Read moreNew England Journal of Medicine | June 27, 2013 Despite high national spending, health care in the United States is uneven in quality and often...
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The Social Security and Medicare Trustee Reports in Charts
Read moreThe projections in the latest Medicare and Social Security Board of Trustees Report were further proof of the need to reform these important...
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Modernizing the Medicare Benefit
Read moreToday, the Moment of Truth Project has released a new report," Modernizing the Medicare Benefit: A Closer Look at Reforming Medicare Cost-Sharing...
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Another Potential Bipartisan Health Care Reform
Read moreWhile reforming entitlement programs continues to be a critical challenge for policymakers, recent developments suggest that bipartisan support for...
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MedPAC Report Refuels the Need for Medicare Reforms
Read moreIn its annual June report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) explores a number of reforms that could help improve outcomes...
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Lawmakers Not Giving Up on Medicare Reforms
Read moreWhile the latest Medicare Trustees report showed slightly improved projections, the long-term challenges of health care cost growth and population...
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Holtz-Eakin: Medicare Still Needs Reform
Read moreThe recent slowdown of health care spending growth is one of the more positive developments in the budget over the past few years. Despite the...
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A Closer Look at the Medicare Actuary's Alternative Medicare Projections
Read moreEarlier this week, we discussed the new Medicare Trustees projections which project that the Hospital Insurance (HI, or Part A) trust fund will be...