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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...
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The Benefits of Medicare Benefit Redesign
Read moreIn a little over one month, lawmakers will face their second significant Fiscal Speed Bump of the year when the one-year "doc fix" expires. At that...
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Heritage Offers Package of SGR Offsets
Read moreIn two months, lawmakers will encounter their third Fiscal Speed Bump of 2015 when the "doc fix" expires, leading to a 21 percent cut in Medicare...
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Trust Fund Deadlines Are Closing In
Read moreIn addition to updating budget projections, CBO's baseline also looks at the state of various government trust funds over the next ten years. Two of...
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A Medical Device Tax Repeal Should Be Fiscally Responsible
Read moreThe brand new 114th Congress is at it again. Only weeks into the term, a second fiscally irresponsible change to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has...
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Fiscal Speed Bumps: Challenges, Risks, and Opportunities
Read moreIn the coming months and years, lawmakers will face a number of important budget-related deadlines, or Fiscal Speed Bumps, that will require...