Health Care

There has been a great deal of discussion about certain parts of the health care bill and whether or not they constitute budget gimmickry (see here...

Last night, the House passed the Senate health care reform bill by a vote of 219 to 212. In the next couple days, the President will sign the bill...

Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: Shortly after the House passed the Senate health care bill, the...

The madness tipped off last week – Across the country curious spectators kept constant tabs on the latest action, scores were breathlessly awaited...

CRFB has yet again updated its health care comparison chart -- as well as its interactive shareable graphs -- in light of CBO's latest score of the...

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the JCT have completed a preliminary estimate of the "spending and revenue effects of an amendment in the...

For the United States Senate, which likes to be referred to as the "Upper Chamber," the term "vote-a-rama" does not sound too dignified. But the term...

When we have discussed health care reform, in the past, we have charted and graphed the effects of the bills on direct spending (general mandatory...

In today’s hearing before the full House Appropriations Committee, the troika (OMB Director Peter Orszag, Treasury Secretary Geithner, and Dr...

Health Care Reform Moves Toward Showdown – The House Budget Committee today voted to push health care legislation forward. It now moves to the House...

A number of very interesting and relevant government reports came out this week. Check them out: JCT: Technical Explanation Of The Revenue Provisions...

From Greg Mankiw: Imagine you have a friend who has a budget problem. Every month he spends more than he earns. His credit card bills are piling up...