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Proposed Senate Point of Order Would Limit Health Care Proposals in Budget Reconciliation
Read moreFor Immediate Release Today, 12 senators introduced a proposal that would establish a new Senate point of order to restrict the types of changes that...
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House to Vote on $90 Billion of Tax Cuts
Read moreThe House of Representatives is voting this week on three bills targeting health care-related tax provisions and expanding the use of Health Savings...
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Ways and Means Committee Considering $92 Billion of Tax Cuts
Read moreThe House Ways and Means Committee today is marking up a package of 11 tax bills related to health care. The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT)...
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Health Care Spending in the Long-Term Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) long-term outlook shows debt reaching an all-time record as a share of GDP by 2034 and nearly doubling as a...
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Concerned Actuaries Group Publishes New Analyses on Health Care System’s Sustainability
Read moreLast month, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and the Concerned Actuaries Group launched the American Health Care Initiative, a...
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Medicare Advantage Proposal Reforms Benefits and the Bidding Process
Read moreThe Medicare Trustees recently delivered a reminder of the importance of reducing Medicare costs. As Steven M. Lieberman, Loren Adler, Erin Trish...
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Analysis of the 2018 Medicare Trustees' Report
Read moreThe Medicare Trustees have released their 2018 report on the financial status of Medicare. The report shows that Medicare spending will increase...
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Mitch Daniels: That Entitlements Can is Getting Heavier, and We’re Running Out of Road
Read moreMitch Daniels is the president of Purdue University, a former governor of Indiana, a former director of the Office of Management and Budget, and a co...
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American Health Care: Health Spending and the Federal Budget
Read moreThe United States spends more on health care than any other country in the world, and a large share of that spending comes from the federal government...
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Policymakers Should Work Together to Reduce Drug Costs
Read moreFor Immediate Release President Trump outlined several proposals to reduce prescription drug prices in a speech Friday. The following is a statement...
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Mandatory Spending Makes Up the Bulk of Spending Growth
Read moreOver four-fifths of the growth in nominal spending over the next decade is driven by Social Security, federal health programs, and interest on the...
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CBO Sees Major Trust Fund Exhaustions On The Horizon
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office estimates that three major trust funds will deplete their reserves within the next ten years, with a fourth exhausting...