Latest
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
-
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...
-
CATO Event: "Disability Insurance: The New Welfare?"
Yesterday, the CATO Institute hosted a panel discussion featuring CATO Senior Fellow Jagadeesh Gokhale, MIT economics professor David Autor...
-
Report: Understanding CBO's Analysis of the Senate Immigration Bill
Correction: This paper originally stated that S. 744 targeted a 90% "apprehension" rate for border security. It actually targets a 90% effectiveness...
-
The Analysis of the Analysis: CRFB's Take on CBO's Immigration Estimates
CBO's recent budgetary and economic analyses of the Senate immigration bill have been making waves in the political sphere as lawmakers rush to...
-
CBO Estimates the Senate Immigration Bill
Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office released two analyses, a cost estimate and an economic analysis, of the Senate's immigration bill -- S.744...
-
MedPAC Report Refuels the Need for Medicare Reforms
In its annual June report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) explores a number of reforms that could help improve outcomes...
-
RATE Coalition Speaks Out For Corporate Tax Reform
The United States has the highest statutory corporate tax rate in the developed world, but substantial revenues are forgone through a variety of tax...
-
Lawmakers Not Giving Up on Medicare Reforms
While the latest Medicare Trustees report showed slightly improved projections, the long-term challenges of health care cost growth and population...