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States Exploit SDP Grandfathering, Driving Up Medicaid Costs
Read moreThe One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) included important reforms to limit states’ costly use of State Directed Payments (SDPs) in the Medicaid...
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Break Glass: A Plan for the Next Economic Shock
Read moreThe U.S. has never experienced an economic shock as indebted as we are today. Recessions and other economic shocks are inevitable. Although the timing...
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90% of Spending Growth Will Come From Health, Retirement, Veterans, & Interest
Read moreOver the coming decade, the vast majority of growth in federal government spending will come from just four parts of the federal budget: Social...
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CMS Final Rule Closes Medicaid Loophole
Read moreThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a Medicaid rule, last week, which closes an especially egregious loophole that allowed...
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Supporting Price Transparency to Reduce Health Care Costs
Read moreIn their newly proposed Great Healthcare Plan, the Trump Administration calls for “maximizing price transparency.” This builds on recent efforts from...
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White House Releases "Great Healthcare Plan"
Read moreToday, the Trump Administration released the Great Healthcare Plan, a legislative framework designed to lower health care costs and address the...
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WSJ: The Next Class of Senators Won't Be Able to Dodge the Social Security Crunch
Read moreIn a recent Wall Street Journal article, Richard Rubin highlighted an important fact: the Social Security retirement trust fund is projected to become...
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The Case for Funding ACA Cost-Sharing Reductions
Read moreThe House is scheduled to vote today on the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act. Among other provisions, the legislation requires the...
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Senate ACA Plan Could Add $350-$635 Billion to Debt
Read moreUpdate 12/10/2025: In place of the proposal described below, the Senate is now expected to vote on a clean three-year extension of the enhanced...
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What You Need for the End of the Fiscal Year
Read moreUpdated 11/17/25: After 43 days, the latest government shutdown ended on November 12 with a funding measure that provides full-year Agriculture...
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WATCH - Erskine Bowles: We Can Save Social Security and Medicare
Read moreErskine Bowles, former Co-Chair of the 2010 National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform and current Committee for a Responsible Federal...
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Event Recap: Saving the Trust Funds
Read moreOn October 22, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted Saving the Trust Funds: New Solutions for Social Security and Medicare. The event...