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…
There was a “marked slowdown” in the growth of health care premiums and deductibles for workers and their families in 31 states and the District of Columbia from 2010 to 2013, according to a new study by The Commonwealth Fund.…
