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This year, the federal government will spend $300 billion on interest payments on the national debt. This is the equivalent of nearly 9 percent of all...

Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its March 2021 Long-Term Budget Outlook, confirming that the federal budget is on an...

The Medicare Advantage (MA) program, which allows Medicare beneficiaries to enroll in federally-funded private health insurance plans, is an...

Currently, the Medicare program pays higher rates for medical services performed in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) than it pays for the same...

High hospital prices are a leading driver of high and rising costs in the U.S. health care system, resulting in insurance premium growth that outpaces...

Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its February 2021 Budget and Economic Outlook, confirming that, despite improvements as a result...

This paper has been updated here. What is reconcilation? How do reconciliation instructions work? Can a reconciliation bill add to the budget deficit...

The COVID pandemic has caused considerable economic damage and human suffering. Policymakers responded aggressively this spring to address the...

Whoever is inaugurated on January 20, 2021, will face many fiscal challenges over his term. Under current law, trillion-dollar annual budget deficits...

The United States is currently facing one of its worst economic and public health crises as a result of COVID-19. Though substantial COVID relief has...

Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its 2020 Long-Term Budget Outlook, which shows the federal budget is on an unsustainable long...

A government shutdown could occur at the end of this month. This year’s appropriations process is at a standstill, and disagreement over further...