The Congressional Budget Office has released 30-year projections that underscore the need for presidential and congressional candidates to offer credible plans for comprehensive budget reform. “Americans like to think we put a high priority on strengthening the country and looking…
A recent report by the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings promotes recommendations to address challenges in an era of incomplete access to retirement plans, generally stagnant income growth and a Social Security program with unsustainable…
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently completed a review of the process used by the government to determine payment rates for over 7,000 services provided by doctors. It substantiated previous criticism of the process while acknowledging some recent movement towards…
The Senate Tuesday night overwhelmingly passed bipartisan legislation to permanently fix the formula for determining how physicians are paid under Medicare. The final vote of 92-8 sent the legislation, already passed in the House, to President Obama, who is expected…
