Despite the partial government shutdown, the online health insurance exchanges included in the Affordable Care Act went live last Tuesday, with federal officials reporting heavy user traffic.Sixteen states and the District of Columbia are running their own health exchanges. In…
Lawmakers struggling with the Fiscal 2014 budget will face an even tougher challenge funding the government in future years as interest payments rise to record levels, squeezing other parts of the budget and making it more difficult to quell rising…
Legislation recently introduced in the Senate would strip away the tax-exempt status of professional sports leagues, including the NFL, NHL and PGA. (MLB switched its tax status to a limited liability corporation in 2007.)The bill, introduced by Sen. Tom Coburn…
Federal spending on everything other than major health care programs (Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program), Social Security and net interest--will decline to historically low levels as a share of GDP in the next few decades, according to…
