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Playing the Blame Game Over a Possible Shutdown

Jun 11, 2013

The blame game over a possible government shutdown has begun three and a half months before the end of the fiscal year.That much, but little else, became clear last week as President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner traded accusations…

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This “Victory” Is a Surrender

Jun 10, 2013

Judging by recent media reports, there is a growing belief in Washington that the best way to deal with the deficit is to “declare victory.” It won’t work. The deficit problem is far from being solved and its lengthy shadow…

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Social Security Disability Shortfall Could Lead to Broader Reforms

Jun 4, 2013

The 2013 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report released last Friday highlighted many challenges ahead for the two programs, the most urgent of which is the impending insolvency of the Disability Insurance (DI) trust fund.In the absence of corrective legislation,…

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Aging Population Puts Rising Demands on Medicare

Jun 4, 2013

While Medicare trustees highlighted the fiscal challenges facing the program last week, the United Health Foundation issued a report that underscores the rising demands on Medicare as increasing numbers of older adults deal with obesity, diabetes and other chronic diseases.Every…

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Bernanke on the Long and Short of Fiscal Reform

Jun 4, 2013

Although the federal deficit is now dropping, members of Congress should heed Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s recent warnings about the need to focus more on the country’s long-term fiscal imbalances.“To promote economic growth and stability in the longer term,…

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Costly Tax Expenditures in the Spotlight

Jun 4, 2013

Tax reform gained renewed attention in Washington following a report on tax expenditures from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and a Senate subcommittee hearing that focused on Apple’s extensive use of certain breaks to lower its tax bill.The CBO released…

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Candor, Bipartisan Cooperation Needed

May 21, 2013

While there are plenty of distractions these days in Washington, elected officials should try to remember that much remains to be done to meet the nation’s fiscal challenges.“Members of Congress in both parties need to stop playing make-believe with voters…

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Health Care Reform Plans Seek Aggressive Cost Restraint

May 21, 2013

Any credible health care reform plan that Congress passes must include a meaningful target for restraining long-term cost growth that can be enforced.A number of recent bipartisan health plans, as well as budgets proposed by elected officials in Washington, are…

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CBO and OMB Very Close in Scoring Obama’s Budget

May 21, 2013

Last Friday the Congressional Budget Office released its scoring of the President’s budget using CBO’s own baseline and economic projections.The bottom-line results confirm the overall composition of spending and revenues projected by the President’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB)…

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Budget Drivers: Aging, Health Care and Interest

May 20, 2013

Projections from the Congressional Budget Office last week confirm that the most powerful factors in the current budget dynamic are aging, health care costs and interest on the growing federal debt – all things that Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert…

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Hidden in Plain View: Aging, Health Care Costs and Interest Drive the Budget

May 20, 2013

For those inclined to look beyond the sharp drop in the deficit this year, as we should, the budget update released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on May 14 has some striking indications of things to come. (more…)

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Health Care Cost Goals: Washington’s New Optimism — Post Three of Three

May 20, 2013

This is post three of a three-part series on the developing consensus for the next steps on health care reform. Part One is here. Part Two is here. (more…)

Blogs

Playing the Blame Game Over a Possible Shutdown

This “Victory” Is a Surrender

Social Security Disability Shortfall Could Lead to Broader Reforms

Aging Population Puts Rising Demands on Medicare

Bernanke on the Long and Short of Fiscal Reform

Costly Tax Expenditures in the Spotlight

Candor, Bipartisan Cooperation Needed

Health Care Reform Plans Seek Aggressive Cost Restraint

CBO and OMB Very Close in Scoring Obama’s Budget

Budget Drivers: Aging, Health Care and Interest

Hidden in Plain View: Aging, Health Care Costs and Interest Drive the Budget

Health Care Cost Goals: Washington’s New Optimism — Post Three of Three

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