Last week the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) released a report that focused on opportunities for investing in prevention as a way to improve health outcomes and reduce health care costs. With a large and growing amount of health spending focused…
Even as many lawmakers expressed dismay, Congress last week reauthorized transportation programs for the next two months without making needed fixes to the Highway Trust Fund. The trust fund has enough money to last through July. But after that, without…
With the Highway Trust Fund running on empty, the House and Senate are expected to vote this week on a two-month extension of transportation programs. The trust fund has a growing gap between spending and revenue, largely due to the…
While Congress has approved a budget resolution for the first time in six years, lawmakers in both parties are voicing reasonable doubts about whether it is a realistic blueprint for the years ahead. The Senate approved the 2016 budget resolution…