Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Health Care

Apr 2, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Event Recap: New Ideas to Lower Health Care Costs

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Feb 23, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Equalizing Medicare Payments Regardless of Site-of-Care

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Aug 26, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

$412 Billion in COVID Funds Are Earmarked for the Health Industry

Our state-of-the-art interactive COVID Money Tracker tool can be used to see that at least $412 billion of COVID releif funds have been earmarked for...
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Jul 22, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care| Social Security| Other Spending

Major Trust Funds Headed for Insolvency Within 11 Years

A number of important federal programs, such as Social Security and Medicare, are financed through dedicated revenue sources and managed through...
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Jul 8, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Policymakers Must Work to Reduce Drug Prices

Efforts to advance a drug pricing bill similar to one the Senate Finance Committee passed last summer by a vote of 19-9 appear to have stalled ....
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Jun 29, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

House Considers ACA Expansion and Drug Pricing Bill

Today, the House will consider legislation to expand the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) and lower prescription drug prices...
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May 14, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care| Social Security

Robert Reischauer and Charles Blahous: Letter from Former Trustees of Social Security and Medicare

The 2020 annual reports of the Social Security and Medicare trustees underscore the increasingly urgent need for legislative corrections to both...
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Apr 6, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care| Other Spending| Economics

Families First Coronavirus Response Act Will Cost $192 Billion

Last week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scored the Families First Coronavirus Response Act ( FFCRA ), the second of three packages enacted...
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Mar 17, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Choices for Financing Medicare for All

Proposals to adopt a single-payer health care system – commonly called Medicare for All – have become increasingly popular. Such proposals, which...
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Mar 10, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Policymakers Should Act Quickly and Responsibly to Boost the Economy

For Immediate Release The threat of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has spooked markets and appears likely to significantly weaken the economy on...
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Mar 4, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Lawmakers Release Emergency Funding Request on Coronavirus

Appropriators released today their $8.3 billion emergency funding bill to deal with the Coronavirus outbreak, $5.8 billion more than the $2.5 billion...
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