A new survey of older adults in 11 industrialized countries finds that the Americans “are sicker than their counterparts abroad” and more likely to report problems paying their medical bills and accessing needed health care. Results of the Commonwealth Fund…
Rising compensation costs were a major driver of growth in the defense budget from 2000 to 2014, according to a new report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Budget authority -- the obligations a federal agency can incur in a…
Congressional appropriators are continuing to negotiate on legislation to fund the government in Fiscal 2015, which began Oct. 1. Since then a stop-gap measure has kept the government open by largely continuing funding at Fiscal 2014 levels. But that measure,…
With the contentious mid-term elections over, elected officials should look forward to seize opportunities for bipartisan compromise to reduce projected deficits and meet at least some of the nation’s other fiscal challenges. Three experts on the federal budget discussed such…
