#Health Care

WASHINGTON -- With the release of President Obama’s proposed budget today, The Concord Coalition again urged Washington to focus on policies that would put the federal government on a sustainable track. (more…)

Sylvia Burwell, secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), set official goals this week for transforming the Medicare payment system from being based on quantity (fee-for-service) to being based on quality. The goal is to have 85 percent of payments…

The Concord Coalition and the Campaign to Fix the Debt announced today a joint effort to encourage public discussion during the 2016 presidential campaign of the nation’s unsustainable budget policies. The two nonpartisan organizations have a shared history of pushing…

There was a “marked slowdown” in the growth of health care premiums and deductibles for workers and their families in 31 states and the District of Columbia from 2010 to 2013, according to a new study by The Commonwealth Fund.…

Twenty years after the Kerrey-Danforth Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform issued its bipartisan findings, its co-chairs on Dec. 16 will release an update and explain why Americans today -- including the 2016 presidential candidates -- should champion broad fiscal…

Last year saw the slowest growth in national health care spending since 1960, when such data was first recorded, according to a new report by actuaries at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Spending grew by 3.6 percent,…

Republicans and Democrats alike sounded some encouraging notes on potential bipartisan cooperation in the wake of last week’s election, including the possibility of tax reform and less fiscal brinksmanship. Some areas of disagreement and conflict, of course, have been reviewed…

Last Wednesday, President Obama requested approximately $6.2 billion to combat the Ebola epidemic. As Congress examines and debates this proposal, it is an important opportunity to reexamine our government’s budgetary policies. (more…)