Calling low spending caps and congressional resistance to cost-saving reforms a “double whammy,” Defense Secretary Ashton Carter warned last week that the military cannot carry out its strategic objectives without changes. Carter told the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee that “if…
A new report on the financial assets of older Americans highlights the need for many people to save more money to avoid running short in retirement. Between 2010 and 2012, more than a fifth of the Americans who died at…
Innovation can help the U.S. health care system improve care and engage new community partners -- all with an eye towards reducing the rate of health care spending, according to experts at a conference Wednesday at the University of Iowa.…
Voters are likely to see some budget proposals from presidential candidates in the coming year that might seem more appropriate for Disney’s Fantasyland than the Oval Office. Chase Hagaman offers that warning in a recent guest column for the Nashua…