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Brookings's Framework to Bend the Health Care Curve
Yesterday, the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings released a new report on reducing health care costs called "Bending the Curve...
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Education Reforms in A Bipartisan Path Forward
Although most discussion of Erskine Bowles' and Al Simpson's Bipartisan Path Forward has focussed on its health and tax reforms, the plan also...
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Marc Goldwein and Ed Lorenzen: Measuring Inflation Right is Both Fair and Accurate
In the past, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has made adjustments to the Consumer Price Index without much controversy. But due to the method of...
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Op-Ed: Measuring Inflation Right is Both Fair and Accurate
The Hill | April 30, 2013 In his recent blog entry on chained CPI ( Chained CPI: Unfair and inaccurate, April 26th), AARP President Robert Romasco...
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An Update on Our Chained CPI Resources
With the chained CPI becoming a frequent topic among commentators, CRFB has put together a great deal of new analysis, which may be helpful in...
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Budget Enforcement Provisions in the Bipartisan Path Forward
As we have written before, key elements of the Bipartisan Path Forward focus on reducing the debt as a percentage of GDP over the long term. Bowles...
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Discretionary Savings in the Bipartisan Path Forward
Over the past few years, lawmakers have made the most progress in discretionary spending in the deficit reduction effort. Additional opportunities for...
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MY VIEW: Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson April 2013
Erskine Bowles and former Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY), the two former co-chairs of the Fiscal Commission, have spent the last two and a half year...
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Op-Ed: A Grand Bargain is Still Possible. Here’s How.
Washington Post | April 29, 2013 In the 2½ years since the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform that we co-chaired released its...
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Fact Checking the Harkin Resolution
This week, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced a concurring resolution that would establish a sense of Congress that chained CPI should not be used...
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How Simpson and Bowles Protect the Disadvantaged
Among the principles outlined by former Fiscal Commission co-chairs Senator Al Simpson and Erskine Bowles in their new plan A Bipartisan Path Forward...
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MY VIEW: Maya MacGuineas April 26 2013
Putting debt on a sustainable path has been a key issue in Washington ever since the Fiscal Commission showed that a bold compromise would be needed...