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No, the SGR Replacement Bill is Not Fiscally Responsible
Read moreDespite official estimates tabbing the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula replacement bill at a cost of $141 billion this decade and...
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SGR Bill Would Add $500 Billion to Long-Term Debt
Read moreEarlier today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its score of the Medicare Sustaintable Growth Rate (SGR) reform bill under consideration...
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Assuming Costs Away Doesn’t Make SGR Deal Free
Read moreNow that we have shown that the "doc fix" proposal in the House will likely add to the debt in the longer term – refuting a key argument for not fully...
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SGR Plan Will Likely Increase, Not Reduce, Long-Term Debt
Read moreNote: The analysis below is based on an earlier version of the SGR plan, which has since been adjusted to include modestly larger offsets and – more...
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Support Grows for Fiscally Responsible Doc Fix
Read moreAs doc fix discussions continue in Congress, three opinion pieces recently declared support for fully offsetting the cost of a replacement for the...
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What the Wall Street Journal Gets Wrong on the SGR
Read moreThis weekend, The Wall Street Journal announced its support for the permanent Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) replacement currently being negotiated in...
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CBO Delivers Good News for the Affordable Care Act
Read moreThe latest CBO projections show a slight improvement on our fiscal situation over the previous ones made in January, and lower projected health...
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CRFB Publishes Updated PREP Plan Outlining Responsible SGR Reform
Read moreIn light of the upcoming Fiscal Speed Bump when the most recent doc fix patch expires on March 31, yesterday we released an update to our Paying for...
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The PREP Plan: A Permanent Fix for the Sustainable Growth Rate
Read moreOn April 1 of this year, physicians face a 21 percent cut to their Medicare payments resulting from the return of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR)...