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Supplemental Payments Drive Up Federal Medicaid Costs
Read moreThis paper is part of a series on Medicaid financing. Other papers in the series discuss an overview of state financing schemes and provider taxes...
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Payroll Taxes Fall Short of Paying for Social Security and Medicare
Read moreIn a recent New York Times opinion piece which keyed off a recent analysis from Karen Smith and Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget board...
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Lower Costs, More Transparency Act Passes House
Read moreThe House of Representatives passed the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act yesterday with a large bipartisan majority. Within the legislation is an...
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Event Recap: Second Annual Health Solutions Summit
Read moreOn November 8th, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted its second annual Health Solutions Summit in partnership with the Healthcare...
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House Site-Neutral Policy Should Save More
Read moreHouse leadership recently introduced the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, that unifies multiple legislative proposals from the Energy and Commerce...
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NDAA Includes $150 Billion Deficit-Increasing Program
Read moreThe Senate-passed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 (NDAA) would increase the deficit by $153 billion over a decade...
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Medicaid Provider Taxes Inflate Federal Matching Funds
Read moreThis paper is part of a series on Medicaid financing. Other papers in the series discuss an overview of state financing schemes and supplemental...
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More Deficit-Increasing Tax Cuts from the Ways & Means Committee
Read moreTomorrow, the House Ways and Means Committee is scheduled to mark up two bills to expand Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). The bills will reduce revenue...
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Site-Neutral Legislative Proposals Gaining Traction
Read moreOne of the best ways to reduce health care costs would be to move towards “ site-neutral” payments and away from the current system’s inefficient...
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Restoring Trust Fund Solvency Would Reduce Long-Term Debt Growth
Read moreRestoring solvency to the major trust funds would reduce one-half to four-fifths of the projected debt-to-GDP growth over the next three decades. The...
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New Evidence Suggests Even Larger Medicare Advantage Overpayments
Read moreUpdate 2/2/24: We have updated our estimate for MA overpayments due to new research into coding intensity and favorable selection from MedPAC . We...
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Time to Fix Medicaid Financing Schemes
Read moreThis paper is part of a series on Medicaid financing. Other papers in the series discuss provider taxes and supplemental payments . Medicaid is...