Health Care

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released estimates of the draft text for a prescription drug package that could be part of an upcoming...

Although most federal health spending goes to Medicare and Medicaid, the government is projected to lose over $350 billion of income and payroll tax...

As lawmakers negotiate a possible reconciliation bill, they should look to offsets from the House-passed Build Back Better Act (BBB) to help fund new...

Note: The first paragraph and the table have been updated from the original version to reflect the 2022 Medicare Trustees' Report and the May 2022 CBO...

The Senate is expected to vote on the Honoring our PACT Act this week, which would add at least $277 billion to deficits through 2031 and would...

On June 6, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted "What's New in the 2022 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports?". The event...

Earlier this month, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on the budgetary effects of lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 60...

The Social Security and Medicare Trustees just released their 2022 reports on the financial status of the Social Security and Medicare programs. The...

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) updated its projections last week on the financial status of the major trust funds for Medicare Hospital...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will receive an 8.5 percent payment...