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CBO Releases February 2023 Budget and Economic Outlook
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its February 2023 Budget and Economic Outlook, its first baseline since May 2022. CBO's new budget...
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Debt On Track to Exceed Records in Just 5 Years
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its latest Budget and Economic Outlook today, projecting that the national debt will surpass its record...
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Moving to Site Neutrality in Commercial Insurance Payments
Hospital care is the largest single source of expenditures within the health care system, driven in large part by high prices. One factor behind those...
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Site-Neutral Payments Would Lower Private Health Costs, Encourage Competition
The Health Savers Initiative recently published “ Moving to Site Neutrality in Commercial Insurance Payments,” which examines the market...
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Comments on Proposed IDR Rule
On February 9, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director Marc Goldwein submitted comments on the...
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Treasury Confirms $39 Billion Deficit in January
The Treasury Department released its latest Monthly Treasury Statement today, confirming that the United States borrowed $39 billion in the month of...
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BCBSA Offers Options to Reduce Health Care Costs
Recently, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) released a plan to lower health care costs that focuses primarily on reducing the high prices...
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CBO Reports $459 Billion Deficit for the First 4 Months of the Fiscal Year
The United States borrowed $459 billion in the first four months of fiscal year 2023, including $38 billion in January, according to the latest...
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Tax Policy Center Estimates Medicare Revenue Proposals
The Tax Policy Center (TPC) recently published a report on “ Options for Increasing Medicare Revenues.” This report identifies 12 options to increase...
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Biden IDR Plan Will Cost More than Advertised
Last month, the Biden Administration put forward a proposed rule to unilaterally expand the Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) program for student debt. In...
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Marc Goldwein on You Don't Have to Yell Podcast Discussing Debt Ceiling
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director Marc Goldwein recently appeared on the " You Don't Have to...
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Net Interest Payments Topped $475 Billion in FY 2022
One of the main reasons to be concerned about our high and rising national debt is the growing size of interest payments needed to service it. In...