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Loren Adler: Medicare at Middle Age
Read moreLoren Adler, Research Director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a guest post that appeared on the RealClearPolicy blog . It...
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Trustee Blahous Says Time is Running Out to Fix Social Security
Read moreCharles Blahous, one of the public trustees for Medicare and Social Security, has released a Guide to the 2015 Social Security Trustees Report. The...
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Taking a Closer Look at the Senate's Highway Bill
Read moreWe commended the Senate last week for seeking a long-term solution to the highway funding shortfall and for funding its proposal with real offsets...
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CRFB Announces New Co-Chairs
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget has named three of the nation's foremost budget experts as its new co-chairs: Mitch Daniels, Leon...
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Public Trustees Highlight the Need for Prompt Reform
Read moreLast week, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports on the long-term finances of each program, showing that those...
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Unpaid-For Veterans Provisions Piggyback on Transportation Bill
Read moreBefore Congress leaves for August, they must pass a transportation bill extending highway programs and transferring additional money into the Highway...
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Delaying Social Security Changes Ties Policymakers' Hands
Read moreOur analysis of the 2015 Social Security Trustees' report noted that "As time goes on, it will be more difficult to secure the Social Security...
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Washington Post on SSDI: An Opportunity for Bipartisan Compromise
Read moreThe Washington Post yesterday issued Congress "a wise prescription for Social Security Disability Insurance," urging lawmakers to use the program's...
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Becerra Introduces Bill to Combine Social Security Trust Funds
Read moreJust hours in advance of the release of Wednesday's 2015 Social Security Trustees' Report, Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Ways &...
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Gap Widens Between Trustees and CBO on Social Security
Read moreAlthough the Social Security Trustees estimate the program's financial outlook has slightly improved relative to last year, the Congressional Budget...
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CRFB Breaks Down the Social Security Trustees' Report
Read moreFollowing the release of the 2015 Social Security Trustees' report yesterday, CRFB has released a report summarizing the myriad statistics and...
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Medicare Trustees' Report Shows The Importance of Cost Control Vigilance
Read moreThere was plenty of focus on the Social Security Trustees' report yesterday, but the Medicare report, released at the same time, contains very...