Health Care

Recently, the House passed the Affordable Insulin Now Act (H.R. 6833), which would cap the cost of insulin at $35 per month for those enrolled in...

The Medicare Part A Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund will be insolvent within five years according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the...

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) released its biannual report yesterday. The report includes analysis and recommendations to improve...

Though most COVID relief has already been spent, several policies continue to provide ongoing financial support and could be renewed again by Congress...

On February 17, Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Mitt Romney (R-UT) joined the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and panel of experts to...

The Senate Finance Committee's Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth Subcommittee held a hearing on February 2, 2022, regarding the Medicare...

The House-passed Build Back Better Act includes several reforms to reduce prescription drug costs for the federal government, seniors, and the public...

A lobbying campaign recently began to extend two temporary COVID-era increases in Medicare provider payments – the Medicare sequester hiatus and...

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this week released estimates for the health care coverage provisions in the House reconciliation bill. CBO...

Policymakers are continuing to negotiate the "Build Back Better Act" reconciliation package and the overall size and scope of both the tax and...

As Congress negotiates proposals for Medicare benefit expansions, it should consider ways to limit their costs by either dropping the expansions...