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Medicare Advantage Payment Increase Explained
Read moreIn a surprising move yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a reversal in their previous plans to cut payments to... -
More Ways to Reform the Social Security Disability Insurance Program
Read moreThe recent NPR segment from Chana Joffe-Walt on the disability insurance program has certainly started a conversation. The Washington Post 's Wonkblog... -
MY VIEW: Ed Lorenzen April 2013
Read moreToday, Moment of Truth Project Director Ed Lorenzen published an op-ed responding to a recent piece from Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times... -
Op-Ed: Why 'Chained CPI' Works for Social Security
Read moreLos Angeles Times | April 2, 2013 In his March 22 blog post criticizing proposals to switch from the consumer price index to "chained CPI" to... -
Mankiw Agrees on the Target for Deficit Reduction
Read moreFormer Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors and Harvard Professor Greg Mankiw explains how a sustainable budget would affect debt levels in a... -
MY VIEW: Pete Peterson
Read moreIn today's Politico, CRFB board member and former Secretary of Commerce Pete Peterson calls for a long-term solution to our national debt, which... -
NYT Gets It Wrong on the Chained CPI
Read moreThe New York Times has an editorial criticizing switching to the chained CPI for Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs). Recall that the... -
Op-Ed: A Fiscal Deal or a Fiscal Crisis?
Read morePolitico | April 1, 2013 Now that Congress and the president have agreed to fund the government for the rest of this fiscal year — removing the threat... -
RATE Coalition Urges a More Competitive Tax Code
Read moreToday, the RATE Coalition sent a letter to the chairs and ranking members of the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees, urging them to... -
A "Dynamic" Amendment to the Senate Budget
Read moreAmong the many amendments that were voted on to the Senate budget resolution, one caught the eye of POLITICO: Sen. Rob Portman's (R-OH) amendment to... -
Common Ground on Medicare Reform?
Read moreListening to reports on recent budget negotiations in Washington may lead you to believe compromise between the two parties is near impossible... -
The Uncertainty of Long-Term Projections
Read moreThe Economic Policy Institute's Ethan Pollack has a blog post questioning the accuracy and ultimate usefulness of long-term (75-year) budget...