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Event Recap: Checking in on the Social Security & Medicare Trust Funds
Read moreOn June 10, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted an online webinar, Checking in on the Social Security & Medicare Trust Funds. The...
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Analysis of the 2026 Medicare Trustees' Report
Read moreThe Medicare and Social Security Trustees released their annual reports on the financial status of the trust funds, showing both face serious...
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Social Security and Medicare Trustees Release 2026 Reports
Read moreThe Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports today, finding that both programs have significantly worse financial outlooks...
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The Next Doc Fix is Coming
Read moreCongress has now kicked off this year’s “Doc Fix” process, an increasingly annual occurrence where they provide ad-hoc pay increases to physicians...
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Ways & Means Zeroes in on Hospital Costs
Read moreLast week, the Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing on the high cost of hospital care with leaders of various health systems. Over the course of...
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CMS Abandons Efforts to Rein in Medicare Costs
Read moreAfter proposing meaningful reforms to reduce Medicare Advantage (MA) overpayments in January, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...
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Medicare Advantage in the Hot Seat
Read moreRecent actions from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) could help reduce the estimated $1.3 trillion in Medicare Advantage (MA)...
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Break Glass: A Plan for the Next Economic Shock
Read moreThe U.S. has never experienced an economic shock as indebted as we are today. Recessions and other economic shocks are inevitable. Although the timing...
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CBO Projects High Federal Health Program Costs
Read moreFederal health programs will cost over $26 trillion through 2036, under the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline, making health care the largest...
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Event Recap: Fourth Annual Health Solutions Summit
Read moreDespite a recent ice storm, over 200 people turned out for hot chocolate and health policy on January 28, 2026 for the Committee for a Responsible...
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New Data Suggests MA Overpayments of $1.3 Trillion Over the Next Decade
Read moreUpdate 3/5/26: We have updated our estimate for Medicare Advantage (MA) overpayments using the most recent February 2026 CBO baseline . We now find MA...
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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...