In 2011, Medicare spent $170 billion, or 28 percent of its total expenditures, on services for beneficiaries in their last six months of life. But a new report says many of these patients are not receiving the care they want…
With Fiscal 2014 winding down, the Treasury Department’s latest monthly statement indicates the federal deficit is heading for another substantial drop. This expected improvement largely reflects a strengthening economy, however, and should not obscure the intermediate- and long-term fiscal challenges…
Residents of Rockford, Illinois recently joined U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos and The Concord Coalition to discuss the nation’s fiscal challenges and participate in an interactive exercise to reduce projected federal deficits over the next 10 years.Dozens of people from across…
Opponents of health care reform often talk as if any cost savings would come at the expense of patient care. Yet this assumes that the money is being well spent, and there is ample evidence that this is not always…
