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A new report says many patients are not receiving the care they want in the final stages of their lives and are undergoing costly and unnecessary tests, procedures and hospital visits.Commissioned by the Institute of Medicine, which provides information on…

President Obama signed spending legislation late last week that will keep the government open through mid-December but leaves federal agencies unable to plan effectively for the fiscal year that begins a week from tomorrow.The stop-gap measure, also known as an…

TAMPA, FLA. – Four experts on the federal budget will discuss solutions to the nation’s growing debt and related fiscal challenges at a public forum next Monday night, Sept. 29, at the University of South Florida. (more…)

In recent years the U.S. government increased its debt more sharply than most other large, wealthy countries did. The non-partisan Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) warns in a new report that the federal government’s “unsustainable long-term debt trajectory” threatens future…

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…

Actuaries from the Center on Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) report that in 2013 health care spending grew slowly for the fifth consecutive year, yet it will likely pick up over the next decade with stronger economic growth and new…

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…

Back from its long August recess, Congress must quickly move forward on the task that has eluded it all year: Reaching agreement on plans to fund the government in Fiscal 2015, now only three weeks away.In addition, lawmakers are planning…