Health Care

In an effort to bridge differences in long-term structural reforms to federal health spending, former Fiscal Commission co-chairs Senator Al Simpson...

In their new deficit reduction proposal, A Bipartisan Path Forward, former Fiscal Commission co-chairs former Senator Al Simpson (R-WY) and Erskine...

A new report by the Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) Health Care Cost Containment Initiative was released today containing roughly $560 billion in...

Included in the President’s FY 2014 budget proposal is a $400 billion package of health care savings. As we described in our analysis of his budget...

In an op-ed in The Hill, former Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) makes the case for one approach towards reforming Medicare which he believes could bring...

Over the last week, we’ve highlighted two potential area of common ground on Medicare reform: cost-sharing reforms and raising the Medicare age with a...

Last week we discussed the potential for bipartisan agreement on Medicare cost-sharing reforms, and today Politico reports on another area of...

In a surprising move yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a reversal in their previous plans to cut payments to...

Listening to reports on recent budget negotiations in Washington may lead you to believe compromise between the two parties is near impossible...

Tomorrow marks the third anniversary of the enactment of the Affordable Care Act. The legislation expands health insurance to about 30 million people...

In a Wall Street Journal breakfast yesterday, Senate Majority Whip and former Fiscal Commission member Dick Durbin (D-IL) reiterated his support for...

Late last week, the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) released the annual Economic Report of the President outlining the Administration's latest...