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Could Arbitration Help Control Medicare Part D Costs?
Read moreMedicare Part D costs have leveled off in recent years as pharmaceutical innovation has slowed and a number of blockbuster drugs lost patent...
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Why Has the Deficit Come Down Faster Than Expected?
Read moreWe noted in our discussion of the final Monthly Treasury Statement for 2014 that the deficit has fallen by two-thirds since 2009 after rising by...
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Changing the Baseline Could Mean an Extra Trillion in Debt
Read moreRepublicans and Democrats do not agree on much, but both parties are talking about business tax reform that is "revenue-neutral," raising the same...
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Report: Deficit Falls to $483 Billion, but Debt Continues to Rise
Read moreThis paper has been updated for FY 2015 and is now located here. Original October 8th: the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected the FY 2014...
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Update: Falling Deficit is Not a Sign of Fiscal Sustainability
Read moreWith the Treasury Department's year-end Monthly Treasury Statement having been released, we have revised last week's report today showing what the...
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Is the 340B Program Living Up to Expectations?
Read moreThe 340B Drug Pricing Program, enacted in 1992, gives hospitals and other providers serving disproportionately low-income populations the ability to...
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How Medicare Part D's Low-Income Subsidy Could Work Better
Read moreDuring the recent slowdown in Medicare spending, the prescription drug portion of the program, Part D, has been the lead actor in the story. The...
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The Concern Has Always Been Long-Term Deficits
Read moreWith the FY 2014 deficit continuing a trend of falling deficits over the past few years, some commentators have argued that budget hawks are...
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Delayed Action on Extenders Might Add to FY 2015 Deficit
Read moreWhile explaining why deficits have fallen from their historically large peak in 2009, we noted the main source of this tumble is a 43 percent rise in...
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Falling Deficit is Not a Sign of Fiscal Sustainability
Read moreWith the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) year-end Monthly Budget Review having been released, we published a report today showing what the 2014...
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Medicare Registers Fourth-Lowest Growth Rate in Program History in 2014
Read moreWith today's release of the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) final Monthly Budget Review for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014, many will be focused on the...
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Concord: Key Questions to Ask Candidates About Our Fiscal Future
Read moreThe national debt is currently twice the historical average, and will grow unsustainably until Congress makes responsible changes. Voters should be...