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Reducing Private Health Care Costs
Read moreErica Socker and Mark Miller of Arnold Ventures last week penned a blog post in Health Affairs on the need to contain the costs of employer-provided...
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TRUST Act has Bipartisan, Bicameral Reintroduction
Read moreLast week, a bipartisan and bicameral group of lawmakers reintroduced the TRUST Act, which would establish bipartisan commissions to restore solvency...
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Event Recap: New Ideas to Lower Health Care Costs
Read moreOn Wednesday, March 17, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted a virtual event “ New Ideas to Lower Health Care Costs." The event was...
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ARCHIVE: Ten Options to Secure the Medicare Trust Fund
Read moreNote: (6/16/2022): This analysis is now out of date. We released an updated version of this analysis, available here, which includes new projections...
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Capping Hospital Prices
Read moreHigh hospital prices are a leading driver of high and rising costs in the U.S. health care system, resulting in insurance premium growth that outpaces...
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Equalizing Medicare Payments Regardless of Site-of-Care
Read moreCurrently, the Medicare program pays higher rates for medical services performed in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) than it pays for the same...
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Reducing Medicare Advantage Overpayments
Read moreThe Medicare Advantage (MA) program, which allows Medicare beneficiaries to enroll in federally-funded private health insurance plans, is an...
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Three Ways to Lower Health Care Costs
Read moreThere is broad agreement on the need to address high and rising health care costs and a growing consensus on potential sources of savings. At the same...
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CBO Projects Major Trust Fund Exhaustions on the Horizon
Read moreA number of important federal programs — including Social Security and Medicare — are financed through dedicated revenue sources and managed through...
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Understanding Joe Biden's 2020 Health Care Plan
Read moreDemocratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden has proposed a significant agenda to address health care coverage and costs. He...
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$412 Billion in COVID Funds Are Earmarked for the Health Industry
Read moreOur brand new, state-of-the-art interactive COVID Money Tracker tool follows every dollar authorized and spent by Congress, the Federal Reserve, and...
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Major Trust Funds Headed for Insolvency Within 11 Years
Read moreA number of important federal programs, such as Social Security and Medicare, are financed through dedicated revenue sources and managed through...