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What's in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act?
Read moreUPDATE 8/5: We have published a new summary of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act based on a recently published score from the...
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Bipartisan Infrastructure Act a Good Start, But Needs More Pay-Fors
Read moreToday, negotiators announced a final legislative package on their $550 billion Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal and presented details of that agreement...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About the Debt Ceiling
Read moreThis paper has been updated here. The federal debt ceiling will be reinstated on August 1, 2021, at around $28.5 trillion. At that point, the Treasury...
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Trust Fund Solutions Would Be Pro-Growth
Read moreIn our recent paper “ The Case for Trust Fund Solutions,” we showed that making the Social Security, Medicare, and highway trust funds solvent would...
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Injecting Price Competition into Medicare Part B Drugs
Read moreMedicare Part B, which covers outpatient physician services, pays for physician-administered drugs by reimbursing physicians the average cost for each...
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Limiting Evergreening for Name-Brand Prescription Drugs
Read moreTo encourage medical innovation, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) grants temporary market exclusivities to new brand name drugs. These...
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Two Ways to Reduce Prescription Drug Costs
Read moreHigh and rising prescription drug costs are contributing to the budgetary pressure faced by the federal government. Also, a significant number of...
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Can Medicare Advantage Reforms Save the Trust Fund?
Read moreWe estimate costs will exceed dedicated revenue by about $505 billion over the next decade, leaving a $360 billion solvency gap after accounting for...
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Kent Conrad: Congress should reinstate the 'Conrad Rule' to prevent abuse of budget reconciliation
Read moreKent Conrad is a former senator from North Dakota, a former Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, and a member of the Committee for a Responsible...
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Five Reasons to Pay for New Investments
Read moreCongress and the Administration are currently negotiating and developing legislation to invest in physical infrastructure, education, and other areas...
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True Cost of Budget Plan Could Exceed $5 Trillion
Read moreThe Senate may soon move forward on reconciliation instructions to allow for the enactment of $3.5 trillion in new spending and tax breaks (on top of...
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Chartbook: Reducing the Tax Gap
Read moreOne of the most fair and efficient ways for policymakers to raise revenue would be to close some portion of the “ tax gap.” The tax gap is the...