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Interactive and Sharable Graphs Comparing the Health Care Bills
Read moreUPDATE: CHARTS AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE AS NEWER LEGISLATION IS PUT FORWARD. CURRENTLY, THEY REFLECT THE MANAGER'S AMENDMENT TO THE SENATE BILL. Today, US...
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The True Costs of Health Reform
Read moreUPDATE: CBO has modified its cost estimate for the House bill to save $138 billion over ten years, instead of $109 billion. This change is due to the...
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Updated Health Care Charts
Read moreUPDATE: SEE THE MARCH UPDATE HERE. CRFB has updated its health care chart, detailing the ten-year costs and savings from the most recent legislation...
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Debt Hits $12 Trillion
Read moreThis week, the gross national debt hit a record $12.031 trillion. Gross debt is a broad measure which includes both debt held by the public (currently...
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Senate Health Care Bill to Cost $849 Billion
Read moreBreaking news: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is finally in the midst of unveiling the health care reform plan that will be brought to the Senate...
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CMS Analyzes House Health Care Bill
Read moreOn Friday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a report estimating the effects of the House health care reform bill. Looking...
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Monthly Treasury Statement Shows $1.417 trillion Final Deficit Number for FY 2009
Read moreThe Monthly Treasury Statement is out, and states that Fiscal Year 2010 is off to a perilous start. The deficit for the month of October is ringing in...
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Gaps Return to State Budgets
Read moreIn a recent report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), mid-year budget shortfalls, totaling $16 billion or 4 percent of these...
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A Scary Thought
Read moreThe federal debt held by the public, today, is almost $7.5 trillion dollars. That is around 53 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) -- higher than...
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CBO Delivers Cost Estimate for Physician Payment Updates
Read moreYesterday the CBO delivered a cost estimate for instituting permanent Medicare physician payment updates by repealing the sustainable growth rate (SGR...
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Healthcare Savings Likely to be Eclipsed by Stimulus Extensions
Read moreForbes had a piece Monday by Alex Brill and Amy Roden of the American Enterprise Institute about the potential for stimulus programs to expand the...
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Weekend Editorial Roundup
Read moreHere are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: In an editorial titled, “The Greatest Show on Earth,” The Wall...