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Gene Steuerle: Replacing The Individual Mandate to Buy Health Insurance: A First Step To Compromise
Read moreThe Trump Administration and congressional Republicans remain stalemated over how to “repeal and replace” the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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A First Look at the CMS Estimate of the AHCA
Read moreThe Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its score of the House-passed American Health Care Act (AHCA) today...
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Price Confirms Double-Counting in President's Budget
Read moreOne source of uncertainty in the President's budget is how much savings it contains from reducing Medicaid spending. In testimony last week to the...
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Maya MacGuineas: The CBO Report Was a Healthy Dose of Reality on Repealing Obamacare
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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CBO's Estimate of the House-Passed AHCA
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released their updated score of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) as passed by the House of...
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How to Reduce Medicare Spending Without Cutting Benefits
Read moreDuring the 2016 presidential campaign, President Trump argued against making cuts to Social Security and Medicare. At the time, we showed that...
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How Much Will the Revised Health Bill Cost?
Read moreHouse Republicans are reportedly nearing a deal to vote on passage of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) to repeal and replace the Affordable Care...
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You Can't Pay for Tax Reform with Health Reform
Read moreIn an interview yesterday on the Fox Business Network, President Trump described how it is better to do health care reform before tax reform because...
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Does AHCA Make Tax Reform Easier?
Read moreMuch of the news coverage on the interplay between health care and tax reform claims the failure to pass the American Health Care Act (AHCA) makes tax...
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Dan Crippen: Why the CBO’s health bill numbers matter — even if they’re imperfect
Read moreDan Crippen served as the director of the Congressional Budget Office from 1999 to 2003 and is currently a member of the board of the Committee for a...
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How Much Will the Essential Health Benefit Changes to AHCA Cost?
Read moreYesterday, we showed the manager's amendment to the American Health Care Act (Obamacare replacement) would reduce its total deficit reduction from...
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House Should Postpone Health Vote Until CBO Score
Read moreHouse leadership is reportedly considering making significant changes to the American Health Care Act (AHCA), including repeal of the essential health...