Health Care

Included in the President’s FY 2014 budget proposal is a $400 billion package of health care savings. As we described in our analysis of his budget...

In an op-ed in The Hill, former Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) makes the case for one approach towards reforming Medicare which he believes could bring...

Over the last week, we’ve highlighted two potential area of common ground on Medicare reform: cost-sharing reforms and raising the Medicare age with a...

Last week we discussed the potential for bipartisan agreement on Medicare cost-sharing reforms, and today Politico reports on another area of...

In a surprising move yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a reversal in their previous plans to cut payments to...

Listening to reports on recent budget negotiations in Washington may lead you to believe compromise between the two parties is near impossible...

Tomorrow marks the third anniversary of the enactment of the Affordable Care Act. The legislation expands health insurance to about 30 million people...

Late last week, the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) released the annual Economic Report of the President outlining the Administration's latest...

We've discussed many times before the important role entitlement reform plays in addressing our long-term debt. As the baby boomer generation...

The Urban Institute's Robert Berenson, John Holahan, and Stephen Zuckerman recently released a very useful paper entitled " Can Medicare Be Preserved...

We've said frequently on this blog that controlling health care spending will be a crucial part of putting the debt on a sustainable path. After all...

As promised, the Brookings Institution's Hamilton Project has released the remaining papers in its series " 15 Ways to Rethink the Budget." We will be...