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Year-End Borrowing Could Worsen Deficits and Inflation
Read moreWith inflation surging and debt approaching record levels, policymakers should avoid worsening the deficit and should at least pledge to add no new...
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CBO Offers Approaches to Reduce Commercial Health Prices
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released a report discussing different policy approaches to reducing the prices paid by commercial...
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New York Times Highlights Need to Improve Medicare Advantage
Read moreA recent investigation published in The New York Times highlights the need for Medicare Advantage (MA) improvements by calling attention to widespread...
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Legislation to Bring Transparency to MA Introduced
Read moreRepresentative Katie Porter (D-CA) introduced legislation this week that would require Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to provide data on supplemental...
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New MA Bill Would Increase Medicare Costs
Read moreLast week, the House of Representatives passed the Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act ( HR 3173). The legislation would place requirements...
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Year-End 'Extenders' Could Worsen Deficits and Inflation
Read moreWith inflation surging and debt approaching record levels, policymakers might make the fiscal situation even worse in an end-of-the-year fiscal...
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Congress Should not Increase Health Costs in CR
Read moreCongress is currently discussing a number of policy changes to increase Medicare and other health payments. In total, these changes could cost up to...
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House Group Requests President Biden Fully Repeal Rebate Rule
Read moreA group of House Members, led by Representatives Scott Peters (D-CA) and Jared Golden (D-ME), sent a letter to President Biden calling for the...
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CBO Scores IRA with $238 Billion of Deficit Reduction
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released a final score of the Inflation Reduction Act, finding it would reduce deficits by $238 billion...
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IRA Would Lower Medicare Costs, NOT Cut Benefits
Read moreSeveral political advertisements have made misleading attacks that the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) would cut Medicare spending by $300 billion. In...
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Event Recap: Medicare and Inflation
Read moreOn July 27, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted an event on " Medicare and Inflation." The event featured opening remarks from Josh...
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What's In the Inflation Reduction Act?
Read moreUpdate (9/7/2022): The Congressional Budget Office has released an official score of the final version of the Inflation Reduction Act, finding it will...