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Improving Accountability in Medicaid Medical Loss Ratios
Read moreManaged care organizations (MCOs) – private insurance plans that operate the program under contract from the state – enroll over three quarters of the... -
McKenzie Plan Offers Trust Fund Solutions to Social Security’s Finances
Read moreA recent Dallas Morning News op-ed by Pulitzer-winning journalist William McKenzie called on lawmakers to reduce federal deficits to 3% of Gross... -
Senators Cassidy and Durbin Urge Bipartisan Process to Save Social Security
Read moreSenators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) published an op-ed in The Washington Examiner today urging Congress to consider a new, bipartisan... -
Paying the Cost of GLP-1s
Read moreGLP-1s, or the glucagon-like peptide-1 class of drugs, have attracted widespread public attention for their significant weight-loss results and... -
Social Security Retirees Receive Far More Than They Paid In
Read moreWith Social Security only 6 years from insolvency, one impediment to the enactment of thoughtful solutions is the myth that Social Security benefits... -
Seven Ideas to Help the Administration Achieve Fiscal Consolidation
Read moreTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent last week said the Trump Administration will announce an “increased focus on fiscal consolidation,” including a slate... -
New Paper Looks at Changing Foreign Demand for U.S. Debt
Read moreIn a working paper, The United States and Its Creditors: Assessing Foreign Demand for U.S. Assets, from the Brookings Institution’s Hutchins Center on... -
New Polling Reveals Bipartisan Support for Social Security Reform
Read moreThere is broad, bipartisan support for balanced reforms that restore Social Security to solvency, according to the latest set of survey results from... -
Request for Information: Strengthening the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Read moreOn August 21, 2026 the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget's Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director Marc Goldwein and Director of... -
Three Reasons to Worry About Rising Treasuries
Read moreInterest rates on U.S. Treasury bonds recently rose to levels not seen in decades. A recent 30-year Treasury auction ended with yields at over 5.2% –... -
CBO Analysis Suggests $1 Trillion in Medicare Advantage Overpayments
Read moreA recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis projects that the federal government will pay between 5% and 10% more for Medicare Advantage (MA)... -
Marc Goldwein: The best way toward a Social Security fix? This one is tried and true.
Read moreA Washington Post op-ed by Marc Goldwein of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget makes the case for assigning a bipartisan commission or...