#Health Care

While Congress should ensure that veterans receive timely access to health care, a Congressional Budget Office analysis shows the high cost of a Senate plan to provide broad access to care providers outside the VA system.This could cost up to…

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) cost estimate for the Senate’s expansion of veterans’ health care has been getting a lot of attention from budget groups and members of Congress. (more…)

The Milliman Medical Index shows the average employer-sponsored health care plan for a family of four cost $23,215 this year, a 5.4 percent jump from 2013.While this far exceeds the general rate of inflation, it is the smallest increase since…

Despite its grim title of “Dead Men Ruling,” Eugene Steuerle’s new book offers an optimistic message about the nation’s future as he calls for greater fiscal responsibility and generational fairness.In a blog post discussing the book, Concord Coalition Executive Director…

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released new projections Monday that show the federal deficit dropping to 2.8 percent of GDP in this fiscal year, nearly a third less than last year’s shortfall. Citizens and elected officials should remember, however, that…

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) last week announced increases of about 0.4 percent in 2015 government payment levels for private insurance plans that some seniors use instead of traditional Fee-for-Service Medicare.Joshua Gordon, policy director for The Concord…

Officials in Maryland and Massachusetts are pursuing ambitious reforms to limit health spending to their states’ economic growth rates. These reforms could provide useful lessons for the rest of the country.In Maryland, state hospitals and insurers have agreed to enter…

The President signed a measure yesterday that postpones sharp cuts in Medicare payments to health care providers for another year. This represented an unfortunate end, for now, to the bipartisan effort to find a permanent replacement for Medicare’s Sustainable Growth…