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Bipartisan Physician Payment Reform Can Do Without the War Gimmick
Reps. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) and Joe Heck (R-NV) have introduced a bill to overhaul the Medicare physician payment system.
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Public Indicates Support for Defense Cuts
At Wonkblog, Suzy Khimm points to a study done by the Stimson Center that polled Americans about how large the defense budget should be. The study...
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SequesterWatch: Dueling Replacement Alternatives Emerge in the House
Update: The House has passed the reconciliation and replacement bills by a 218-199 vote. We have already talked about the House reconciliation bills...
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The Temporary Budget
Over at Wonkblog, Sarah Kliff points out that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may contain a new "doc fix" -- only this time in Medicaid. The current...
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Double Counting and Medicare Part A
Last month, Social Security and Medicare Trustee Chuck Blahous sparked a controversy by saying that the Affordable Care Act would add to the deficit...
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A Solution to the Student Loan Showdown?
Impasses and showdowns have become the norm over the past few years, and it is turning out to be no different with student loans. For background, in...
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Getting to a Grand Bargain
We all know about the fiscal cliff coming at year's end, and we all know policy makers will have to find a way out. Neither allowing the country to...
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Line Items: Star Wars Edition
A Galaxy Far, Far Away – Friday was Stars Wars Day, the annual observance of the popular movie series that plays on the date, as in May the Fourth (be...
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CBO Director Lays Out Six Criteria for Evaluating Fiscal Plans
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) doesn't make recommendations for, or against, any fiscal plan, but that doesn't mean they can't...
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How Might the Fiscal Cliff Play Out?
This week’s The Economist offers another analysis of the end-of-year fiscal cliff of tax increases and spending cuts that the United States faces...
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MY VIEW: Judd Gregg May 2012
Today in The Hill, former Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) penned an Op-Ed analyzing the French elections (where France yesterday elected Mr. Hollande of the...
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Dimon: "We Know the Way, It's Called Bowles-Simpson"
At an event at the University of Rochester's Simon School yesterday, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon made a direct call for the Simpson-Bowles...