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Red Ink Rising
Read moreIn Red Ink Rising: A Call to Action to Stem the Mounting Federal Debt, The Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform calls on policy makers to...
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In Support of Cost Control
Read moreThis morning, eleven freshman Senators introduced a series of health care reform amendments which they call the Value and Innovation Package (thanks...
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The Grassroots Talk Fiscal Stewardship
Read moreCitizens from across the country had a message yesterday for lawmakers: we are working together to solve our fiscal challenges, why can’t you? At a...
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Fiscally Responsible Organizations Issue Statement on Health Care Reform
Read moreA group of budget experts including CRFB president, Maya MacGuineas, released a “Statement on Health Care Reform,” calling for further efforts to...
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CBO Reports on the Effect of Reform on Premiums
Read moreUnder the Senate health care reform bill the average American will pay about the same for insurance as he or she pays now, the CBO and the Joint...
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Stimulus COBRA Subsidies Begin Expiring
Read moreToday, federal COBRA subsidies that help unemployed workers purchase health insurance from their former employers begin expiring. February’s stimulus...
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How to Reduce National Health Spending
Read moreThe New England Journal of Medicine, last week, had an article by four RAND researchers on Controlling U.S. Health Care Spending. Using Massachusetts...
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Interactive and Sharable Graphs Comparing the Health Care Bills
Read moreUPDATE: CHARTS AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE AS NEWER LEGISLATION IS PUT FORWARD. CURRENTLY, THEY REFLECT THE MANAGER'S AMENDMENT TO THE SENATE BILL. Today, US...
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Newly Updated Charts Comparing Health Care Reform Bills
Read moreWith new legislation recently released and estimated in the Senate, US BudgetWatch has updated the health care comparison charts and graphs. In this...
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Senate Votes to Begin Health Care Debate
Read moreYesterday, the Senate voted 60-39 to begin debating their health care reform bill (all 60 votes were needed for debate to continue). CRFB has put...
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Reports Roundup
Read moreA number of very interesting and relevant government reports have come out this week. Check them out: GAO: Recovery Act: Recipient Reported Jobs Data...