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With a sharp drop in the federal deficit last year and voters disgusted with Washington’s budget showdowns, there is a broad consensus among elected officials in both parties to shift the political spotlight away from fiscal reform efforts for a…

As more people gain health insurance coverage, policymakers should focus their efforts on making the health care system more efficient so it can meet the increased demand for services.Oregon has experimented with payment and delivery reforms in Medicaid in ways…

Leaders in both parties say they don’t want to see the United States default on any of its financial obligations, but they have made no apparent progress towards raising the federal debt limit to avoid such a debacle.In a letter…

The State Budget Crisis Task Force says some federal deficit-reduction efforts have aggravated structural problems in the budgets of state and local governments that they have done little to address.Former Federal Reserve Chair and Concord Coalition board member Paul Volcker…

Many state and local governments have done little to address growing structural problems in their budgets that have been aggravated by federal deficit-reduction efforts, according to the State Budget Crisis Task Force.The bipartisan organization released its final report last week,…

Health care spending over the past four years grew at the slowest rate in more than half a century, according to a new report by by the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.It says…

A new report by the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) found that health care spending over the past four years grew at the slowest rate recorded in more than half a century.…

IRS National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson released her annual report last week, saying that additional funding could improve revenue collection and customer service. As The Concord Coalition has previously argued, however, a more comprehensive solution would be for Congress…