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Three Ways to Lower Health Care Costs
Read moreThere is broad agreement on the need to address high and rising health care costs and a growing consensus on potential sources of savings. At the same...
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CBO Projects Major Trust Fund Exhaustions on the Horizon
Read moreA number of important federal programs — including Social Security and Medicare — are financed through dedicated revenue sources and managed through...
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Understanding Joe Biden's 2020 Health Care Plan
Read moreDemocratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden has proposed a significant agenda to address health care coverage and costs. He...
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$412 Billion in COVID Funds Are Earmarked for the Health Industry
Read moreOur brand new, state-of-the-art interactive COVID Money Tracker tool follows every dollar authorized and spent by Congress, the Federal Reserve, and...
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Major Trust Funds Headed for Insolvency Within 11 Years
Read moreA number of important federal programs, such as Social Security and Medicare, are financed through dedicated revenue sources and managed through...
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Policymakers Must Work to Reduce Drug Prices
Read moreFor Immediate Release Efforts to advance a drug pricing bill similar to one the Senate Finance Committee passed last summer by a vote of 19-9 appear...
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House Considers ACA Expansion and Drug Pricing Bill
Read moreToday, the House will consider legislation to expand the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) and lower prescription drug prices. The Patient Protection...
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Robert Reischauer and Charles Blahous: Letter from Former Trustees of Social Security and Medicare
Read moreRobert Reischauer is a former public Trustee of the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds, president emeritus of the Urban Institute, and a member...
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Families First Coronavirus Response Act Will Cost $192 Billion
Read moreLast week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scored the Families First Coronavirus Response Act ( FFCRA), the second of three packages enacted so...
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Choices for Financing Medicare for All
Read moreProposals to adopt a single-payer health care system – commonly called Medicare for All – have become increasingly popular. Such proposals, which...
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Policymakers Should Act Quickly and Responsibly to Boost the Economy
Read moreFor Immediate Release The threat of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has spooked markets and appears likely to significantly weaken the economy on...
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Lawmakers Release Emergency Funding Request on Coronavirus
Read moreAppropriators released today their $8.3 billion emergency funding bill to deal with the Coronavirus outbreak, $5.8 billion more than the $2.5 billion...