Health Care

After releasing a broad physician payment reform draft, the House Energy and Commerce Committee has released a more fleshed out framework to replace...

Recently, there has been some discussion of taking the employer-sponsored health exclusion off the table in tax reform. But for those interested in...

Yesterday, the Obama administration announced the one-year delay of a key provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires coverage reporting and...

In an article from The New England Journal of Medicine, CRFB board member Alice Rivlin along with former Senators Tom Daschle, Pete Domenici, and...

It's no secret that getting health care spending under control will be key for the federal budget. Nearly one out of every four federal program...

The projections in the latest Medicare and Social Security Board of Trustees Report were further proof of the need to reform these important...

Today, the Moment of Truth Project has released a new report," Modernizing the Medicare Benefit: A Closer Look at Reforming Medicare Cost-Sharing...

While reforming entitlement programs continues to be a critical challenge for policymakers, recent developments suggest that bipartisan support for...

In its annual June report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) explores a number of reforms that could help improve outcomes...

While the latest Medicare Trustees report showed slightly improved projections, the long-term challenges of health care cost growth and population...

The recent slowdown of health care spending growth is one of the more positive developments in the budget over the past few years. Despite the...

Earlier this week, we discussed the new Medicare Trustees projections which project that the Hospital Insurance (HI, or Part A) trust fund will be...