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No, the SGR Replacement Bill is Not Fiscally Responsible
Read moreDespite official estimates tabbing the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula replacement bill at a cost of $141 billion this decade and...
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SGR Bill Would Add $500 Billion to Long-Term Debt
Read moreEarlier today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its score of the Medicare Sustaintable Growth Rate (SGR) reform bill under consideration...
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Assuming Costs Away Doesn’t Make SGR Deal Free
Read moreNow that we have shown that the "doc fix" proposal in the House will likely add to the debt in the longer term – refuting a key argument for not fully...
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SGR Plan Will Likely Increase, Not Reduce, Long-Term Debt
Read moreNote: The analysis below is based on an earlier version of the SGR plan, which has since been adjusted to include modestly larger offsets and – more...
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Support Grows for Fiscally Responsible Doc Fix
Read moreAs doc fix discussions continue in Congress, three opinion pieces recently declared support for fully offsetting the cost of a replacement for the...
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CBO Delivers Good News for the Affordable Care Act
Read moreThe latest CBO projections show a slight improvement on our fiscal situation over the previous ones made in January, and lower projected health...
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CRFB Publishes Updated PREP Plan Outlining Responsible SGR Reform
Read moreIn light of the upcoming Fiscal Speed Bump when the most recent doc fix patch expires on March 31, yesterday we released an update to our Paying for...
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King v. Burwell and the Federal Budget
Read moreThe Supreme Court ruling on the King v. Burwell case being argued before the Court today will have major policy and political ramifications that have...
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Fisher, Gregg, and Weinstein: A Prescription for What's Ailing ACOs
Read moreDr. Elliott Fisher, former Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH), and Dr. James Weinstein penned an op-ed published in Modern Healthcare discussing the need to...
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Medicare Slowdown at Risk: The Imperative of Fixing ACOs
Read moreToday, Fix the Debt, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, and Dartmouth College released a paper titled Medicare Slowdown at Risk: The Imperative of Fixing...