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New Data Suggests MA Overpayments of $1.2 Trillion Over the Next Decade
Read moreThe Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) estimated that the Medicare Advantage (MA) program will be overpaid by roughly $76 billion in 2026...
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WSJ: The Next Class of Senators Won't Be Able to Dodge the Social Security Crunch
Read moreIn a recent Wall Street Journal article, Richard Rubin highlighted an important fact: the Social Security retirement trust fund is projected to become...
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WATCH - Erskine Bowles: We Can Save Social Security and Medicare
Read moreErskine Bowles, former Co-Chair of the 2010 National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform and current Committee for a Responsible Federal...
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Event Recap: Saving the Trust Funds
Read moreOn October 22, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted Saving the Trust Funds: New Solutions for Social Security and Medicare. The event...
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An Employer Compensation Tax for Social Security and Medicare
Read moreThe Social Security retirement and Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) trust funds are approaching insolvency, with both trust funds expected to be...
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Court Blocks CMS Ability to Recover Overpayments from Medicare Advantage
Read moreOverpayments in the Medicare Advantage (MA) program continue to be a significant problem for the federal government, and the problem may have just...
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It's Time for Trust Fund Solutions
Read moreSome of the nation’s largest and most important programs are financed through government trust funds that collect dedicated revenues and then...
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A Second Reconciliation Bill Should Reduce Deficits
Read moreAs Congress considers the possibility of a second reconciliation bill, lawmakers should ensure it reduces deficits rather than adds to them as the...
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CMS Takes on Medicare Fraud
Read moreIn a recent LA Times op-ed, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz and Deputy Administrator Kimberly Brandt...
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OBBBA Would Accelerate Social Security & Medicare Insolvency
Read moreThe Social Security and Medicare Trustees estimated in their 2025 annual reports on the programs that the retirement and hospital trust funds will...
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Analysis of the 2025 Medicare Trustees' Report
Read moreThe Medicare and Social Security Trustees released their annual reports on the financial status of the trust funds. Our report on the Social Security...
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Social Security and Medicare Trustees Release 2025 Reports
Read moreNote: We have published our analyses of the Social Security and Medicare Trustees' Reports. The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their...