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Ezra Klein has a good post today discussing the problem with the costs of health care reform and how to pay for them. (more…)

The first definition of “plausible” on dictionary.com is:plausible[plaw-zuh-buhl]having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot. (more…)

Speakers in the Fiscal Wake-Up Tour sometimes worry that all the bad news they are delivering may be leave audiences too discouraged about the country’s future. Too much gloom and doom, after all, could cause some people to simply throw…

Throughout the day, Concord will be releasing new items related to today's budget numbers released by the CBO and OMB.For immediate reactions, check out our Twitter feed. (more…)

There is still a ton of interesting writing about health care reform coming out daily and I am sure most of you are aware of the discussions taking place in Congressional districts across the country. I thought it would be…

Last Friday, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sent a letter to Congress requesting an increase in the statutory debt limit. In the letter, Geithner noted:"It is critically important that Congress act before the limit is reached so that citizens and investors…

The Congressional Budget Office once again validates some intuition many of us had about health care reform: when you have health costs rising much faster than the economy is growing, a package that expands coverage but is unwilling to tax…

Yesterday, experts from the Iowa Committee for Value in Healthcare -- a diverse group of Iowa health care providers, purchasers, payers, patient advocates, and policy analysts -- sent a letter t (more…)