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Event Recap: Medicare and Inflation
On July 27, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted an event on " Medicare and Inflation." The event featured opening remarks from Josh...
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Reconciliation Could Improve Medicare Solvency
According to press reports, policymakers are considering broadening the base of the 3.8 percent Net Investment Income Tax (NIIT) or self-employment...
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Ten Options to Secure the Medicare Trust Fund
Note: The first paragraph and the table have been updated from the original version to reflect the 2022 Medicare Trustees' Report and the May 2022 CBO...
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Recap: Maya MacGuineas Gives Senate Testimony on Saving Social Security
On June 9, the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on "Saving Social Security: Expanding Benefits and Demanding the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share or...
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Maya MacGuineas's Senate Testimony on Saving Social Security
On June 9, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas will testify before the Senate Budget Committee on "Saving Social...
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Watch Live: Committee President Maya MacGuineas Testifies on Saving Social Security
On June 9 at 11 am EDT, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas will testify before the Senate Budget Committee on saving...
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Event Recap: What's New in the 2022 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports?
On June 6, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted "What's New in the 2022 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports?". The event...
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Social Security and Medicare Are Approaching Insolvency
The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports on the state of the trust funds today. The Trustees find that Medicare’s...
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CBO Updates Major Trust Fund Baselines
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) updated its projections last week on the financial status of the major trust funds for Medicare Hospital...
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Medicare Advantage Costs Continue to Rise
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will receive an 8.5 percent payment...
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"A Sacred Trust" Would Weaken Social Security
Lawmakers may soon consider Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John Larson's (D-CT) Social Security 2100: A Sacred Trust ( A Sacred Trust), a bill...
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Can Post-Acute Care Reforms Save the Medicare Trust Fund?
The Medicare Part A Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund will be insolvent within five years according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the...