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Updated 1/30/26: On December 31, 2025, the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies included in the American Rescue Plan Act and the Inflation Reduction...

Updated 1/30/26: Lawmakers are currently negotiating six Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 funding bills that have not yet been signed into law: Homeland Security...

With the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced subsidies set to expire soon, several policymakers have proposed plans to extend the enhancements. You can...

Despite a recent ice storm, over 200 people turned out for hot chocolate and health policy on January 28, 2026 for the Committee for a Responsible...

Government funding will expire on January 30, 2026, at which point agencies funded under six of the 12 appropriations bills currently operating under...

Before the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) released economic and fiscal...

G. William Hoagland is Senior Vice President at the Bipartisan Policy Center and a director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He...

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) estimated that the Medicare Advantage (MA) program will be overpaid by roughly $76 billion in 2026...

We recently updated our interactive Debt Fixer tool, where users can choose between several options to make changes to the federal budget and...

In their newly proposed Great Healthcare Plan, the Trump Administration calls for “maximizing price transparency.” This builds on recent efforts from...

Without further appropriations, the federal government faces a partial government shutdown on January 30 as the continuing resolution (CR) funding...

Today, the Trump Administration released the Great Healthcare Plan, a legislative framework designed to lower health care costs and address the...