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MY VIEW: Alice Rivlin June 2013
In an article from The New England Journal of Medicine, CRFB board member Alice Rivlin along with former Senators Tom Daschle, Pete Domenici, and...
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New Interactive Map: Variations in Medicare Costs
It'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
New 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 Zero Plan Re-Emerges in the Tax Reform Debate
According to press reports today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) are about to take a very...
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MY VIEW: Laura Tyson June 26 2013
With the G8 summit over and the G20 summit approaching, CRFB board member and former chair of the Council of Economic Advisors Laura Tyson takes a...
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Op-Ed: Modernizing Corporate Taxation
Project Syndicate | June 26, 2013 How to tax the income of multinational corporations (MNCs) was an unlikely headline topic at the recent G-8 summit...
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The Social Security and Medicare Trustee Reports in Charts
The 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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Congress Gets a Late Penalty for Student Loans
Up next on the list of Fiscal Speed Bumps is the July 1 deadline upon which the 3.4 percent interest rate for subsidized Stafford loans is set to...
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Modernizing the Medicare Benefit
Today, 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
While reforming entitlement programs continues to be a critical challenge for policymakers, recent developments suggest that bipartisan support for...