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Denver Events to Focus on Federal Debt, Health Care Reform and America’s Economic Future

Oct 15, 2009

DENVER – Colorado residents will have an opportunity next Thursday to question national experts on how the country can plan for a better economic future in the face of skyrocketing federal debt, an aging population and rapidly rising health care costs.…

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Concord Coalition Warns That New Entitlement is Not A Valid Health Care Reform Offset

Oct 7, 2009

As House and Senate leaders negotiate the final details of their respective health care reforms bills, The Concord Coalition warned today that one provision under consideration, the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act, is structurally unsound and fiscally…

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Concord Coalition Leaders Urge President Obama to Detail Cost Controls

Sep 8, 2009

Concord Coalition Co-Chairs Warren B. Rudman and Bob Kerrey today called on President Obama to push for concrete measures, including a federal health care budget, to curb runaway medical costs. (more…)

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Concord Coalition Says New Projections Show Need For Health Care Cost Control and Deficit Reduction Plan

Aug 25, 2009

With today’s release of new budget projections from the Obama administration showing deficits totaling more than $9 trillion over the next 10 years, The Concord Coalition said that cost control must be the primary focus of health care reform and…

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Iowa Committee Produces Principles for National Efforts to Reform Health Care

Jul 27, 2009

Washington -- The Iowa Committee for Value in Healthcare today issued a set of principles to guide the health care reform debate. Comprised of a diverse group of Iowa health care providers, purchasers, payers, patient advocates, and policy analysts, the…

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Youth Conference Produces Plan For Action On Nation’s Long-Term Fiscal Outlook

Jun 17, 2009

On June 15 and June 16, The Concord Coalition and the Youth Entitlements Summit (YES) hosted a two-day conference in Washington, D.C with support from The Peter G. Peterson Foundation. The conference brought together youth leaders and organizations and created…

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Concord Coalition Supports Statutory PAYGO But Cautions Against Large Exemptions

Jun 9, 2009

The Concord Coalition today reiterated its support for enacting statutory pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rules, particularly in light of proposals to expand the federal government’s health care commitments. Concord warned, however, that the Obama Administration’s PAYGO proposal would exempt $3.5 trillion of…

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Concord Coalition Says New Trustees’ Report Demonstrates The Importance Of Health Care Cost Control

May 12, 2009

WASHINGTON -- With today's release of the annual Social Security and Medicare Trustees' Reports again showing that the nation’s two largest programs are on a troubled fiscal path, The Concord Coalition urged politicians to work together on reforms of both…

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Concord Coalition Says That New CBO Numbers Demonstrate The High Cost Of Abandoning PAYGO

Mar 20, 2009

WASHINGTON -- With today’s release of a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report estimating that the President’s budget would result in annual deficits averaging more than $900 billion over the next 10 years, The Concord Coalition pointed out that much of…

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Concord Coalition Supports President Obama’s Deficit Reduction Goal But Warns That Much More Needs To Be Done

Feb 26, 2009

The Concord Coalition said today that President Obama's pledge to cut the deficit in half by 2013 is a positive and achievable goal but warned that it would still leave the nation on an unsustainable fiscal path. Concord praised the…

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Concord Coalition Takes Its Fiscal Wake-Up Tour Message To White House Summit

Feb 23, 2009

The Concord Coalition said today that it welcomes President Obama’s White House summit on fiscal responsibility and urged participants to seek common ground on key challenges rather than erect barriers to constructive solutions. Concord will be represented at the summit…

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Concord Coalition Urges Lawmakers To Couple Economic Stimulus With Long-Term Fiscal Restraint

Jan 7, 2009

The Concord Coalition today urged lawmakers to take note of the first ever annual deficit projected to exceed $1 trillion and a post World War II high of 8.3 percent of GDP, and take steps to prevent deficits of this…

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Denver Events to Focus on Federal Debt, Health Care Reform and America’s Economic Future

Concord Coalition Warns That New Entitlement is Not A Valid Health Care Reform Offset

Concord Coalition Leaders Urge President Obama to Detail Cost Controls

Concord Coalition Says New Projections Show Need For Health Care Cost Control and Deficit Reduction Plan

Iowa Committee Produces Principles for National Efforts to Reform Health Care

Youth Conference Produces Plan For Action On Nation’s Long-Term Fiscal Outlook

Concord Coalition Supports Statutory PAYGO But Cautions Against Large Exemptions

Concord Coalition Says New Trustees’ Report Demonstrates The Importance Of Health Care Cost Control

Concord Coalition Says That New CBO Numbers Demonstrate The High Cost Of Abandoning PAYGO

Concord Coalition Supports President Obama’s Deficit Reduction Goal But Warns That Much More Needs To Be Done

Concord Coalition Takes Its Fiscal Wake-Up Tour Message To White House Summit

Concord Coalition Urges Lawmakers To Couple Economic Stimulus With Long-Term Fiscal Restraint

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