A cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will increase Social Security benefits by 1.5 percent in January, resulting in an average monthly raise of $19 for millions of disabled and retired workers.The adjustment, announced last week by the Social Security administration, is based…
At a luncheon this month in Jackson, Wyoming, former U.S. senator Alan Simpson left no one in doubt about how important he believes it is to fix the federal debt.Nor did Simpson – who co-chaired the National Commission on Fiscal…
With the budget conference committee starting to meet this week, some political leaders seem to be thinking that the ideal “grand bargain” on the budget would be: Do nothing.Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby warns that this could become…
As Washington wrestled with its immediate budget problems last week, an Iowa gathering of national, state and local experts considered the opportunities and challenges ahead with one of the key drivers of federal spending: health care.Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert…
