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Jan 23, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Primary Care: Estimating Leading Democratic Candidates’ Health Plans

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Oct 28, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care| Taxes

Choices for Financing Medicare for All: A Preliminary Analysis

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Jan 23, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Primary Care: Estimating Leading Democratic Candidates’ Health Plans

Health care is the single largest part of the federal budget and a key driver of our unsustainably rising national debt.1 Rising health care costs...

Dec 20, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care| Taxes

Budget Deal Shows Bipartisan Failure of Leadership

For Immediate Release Later today, President Trump is expected to sign into law a $1.4 trillion spending package, appropriated through two...

Dec 18, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care| Taxes

Appropriations Deal Will Cost $2.1 Trillion Over 20 Years

The appropriations deal's numerous deficit-increasing policies, most notably its permanent repeal of three Affordable Care Act (ACA) taxes,...

Dec 16, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care| Taxes

Spending Package Could Add $500 Billion to Debt

Update 12/17/19: CBO and JCT have now estimated the year-end spending package after a late-night addition by the House Rules Committee. The bill now...

Nov 21, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Watch: Opportunities for Lowering Health Care Costs

On November 21, we hosted a major event on reducing health care costs for families, businesses, and the federal government. The event featured...

Oct 29, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and West Health Launch Health Savers Initiative

For Immediate Release The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and the West Health Policy Center have launched the Health Savers Initiative, a...

Oct 28, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care| Taxes

Choices for Financing Medicare for All: A Preliminary Analysis

Proposals to adopt single-payer health care in the United States have grown in popularity in recent years, as numerous lawmakers and presidential...

Oct 23, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Could Medicare for All be Financed Entirely by Cutting Defense Spending?

Last week, The New York Times published an op-ed entitled “We Don’t Need to Raise Taxes to Have ‘Medicare for All’.” In it, Lindsay Koshgarian,...

Oct 22, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care| Taxes

Would Medicare for All Require a Middle-Class Tax Hike?

With several 2020 presidential candidates endorsing a move to single-payer health care (Medicare for All), there is an ongoing debate over whether...