Health Care

UPDATE: CMS released its estimates of the final Senate bill on Friday. The short answer is that it depends who you ask. Today, the RAND Corporation...

According to the Associated Press, President Obama has encouraged House leaders to support the Senate's excise tax on high-cost insurance plans. As we...

We hope all of our readers had very happy holidays. Now that we are back from our vacation, there is a lot to report on regarding congressional...

UPDATE: CBO mistakenly overestimated the deficit-reducing effect of the Medicare Commission in their score. As a result, they now estimate deficit...

On December 14, the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform hosted a public event at the National Press Club to announce the release of its report...

This morning, eleven freshman Senators introduced a series of health care reform amendments which they call the Value and Innovation Package (thanks...

Citizens from across the country had a message yesterday for lawmakers: we are working together to solve our fiscal challenges, why can’t you? At a...

A group of budget experts including CRFB president, Maya MacGuineas, released a “Statement on Health Care Reform,” calling for further efforts to...

Under the Senate health care reform bill the average American will pay about the same for insurance as he or she pays now, the CBO and the Joint...

Today, federal COBRA subsidies that help unemployed workers purchase health insurance from their former employers begin expiring. February’s stimulus...