Health Care

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its National Health Expenditure (NHE) numbers for 2014 today, showing an expected pickup...

There were many legislative developments in the past week, including the passage of a five-year highway bill and continued negotiations on a tax deal...

In light of recent developments, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has updated its estimate of the health care reconciliation bill (previously...

This blog is part of a series of " Policy Explainers" for the 2016 presidential election, where we explain some of the candidates' policy proposals...

Congressman Scott Rigell (R-VA) released a plan today we might like even better than our own Sequester Offset Solutions (SOS) plan. Congressman Rigell...

Adding to the list of things lawmakers want to get done before the end of the year, Congress may take up a relatively obscure Medicare issue that...

Lawmakers may be taking action to prevent a steep premium and deductible hike for some Medicare beneficiaries next year, but should make sure to be...

The Urban Institute published a new report showing that younger generations will receive much more in lifetime Social Security and Medicare benefits...

Update: CBO has released scores of the three reconciliation bills showing net ten-year savings of $57 billion but a deficit increase of $1 billion in...

In light of the recent reconciliation package that repeals the Cadillac tax on high-cost health insurance plans and Democratic Presidential candidate...

Although Social Security and Medicare are two of the fastest growing programs in the budget, many argue against making adjustments to these programs...

Last week, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports on the long-term finances of each program, showing that those...