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Repeal and Delay Shouldn't Increase Near-Term Deficits
Read moreLast week, we estimated that repealing the Affordable Care Act's ("Obamacare" or "ACA") revenue and coverage provisions would save about $750 billion...
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Full Repeal of Obamacare Would Hasten Medicare's Insolvency
Read moreEarlier this week, we released a report estimating the cost full repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, and the savings...
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Different Approaches to ACA Repeal have Different Costs and/or Savings
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote an op-ed that appeared in the Wall Street Journal Washington Wire...
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Video: Cost of Repealing the Affordable Care Act
Read moreNewsy Newslook made a handy video for USA Today explaining our new report on the cost of repealing the Affordable Care Act. The report shows full...
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The Cost of Full Repeal of the Affordable Care Act
Read moreThe Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as “Obamacare,” includes a number of provisions to expand health care coverage, as well as several offsets...
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Chairman Enzi Introduces FY 2017 Budget Resolution Providing for ACA Repeal in Senate
Read moreSenate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) introduced a budget resolution for fiscal year (FY) 2017 today narrowly focused on repealing the...
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Cures Bill Has Been Released
Read moreNote: This blog has been updated from its original posting to account for the manager's amendment, which strikes the child and family services section...
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What's The Plan to Replace 'Obamacare'?
Read moreWhen President-elect Trump takes office, repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") is likely to be an early agenda item. While he...
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Medicare Premium Issue Makes a Return
Read moreThe recent announcement of a 0.3 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security beneficiaries does not just affect those on the program...
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Will Obamacare Be One of the Biggest Line Items in the Budget?
Read moreDuring the second presidential debate on October 9, Donald Trump said in response to a question about the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare"), "It’s...
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Expanding Medical Deduction Would Add to Debt
Read moreCongress is at it again - proposing to extend tax breaks without paying for them, and add new ones in the process. Today, the House voted to expand...
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Health Care in CBO’s Long-Term Budget Outlook
Read moreFederal health care spending is one of the most important projections in the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) recent Long-Term Budget Outlook since...