For the first time in the new Congress, House Republicans voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) -- something they have done dozens of times in previous years. The House vote last week was 239-186, generally along party lines,…
The case for broad reforms in the federal income tax has been bolstered by a recent projection that special provisions known as “tax expenditures” will drain $1.5 trillion from federal revenue this year. That figure, up from $1.2 trillion last…
Sylvia Burwell, secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), set official goals this week for transforming the Medicare payment system from being based on quantity (fee-for-service) to being based on quality. The goal is to have 85 percent of payments…
The withdrawal of most American troops in Afghanistan and emerging threats elsewhere in the world leave lawmakers with important decisions to make on war funding. A recent Congressional Research Service report estimates the government has spent $1.6 trillion on war-related…
