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Apr 2, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Event Recap: New Ideas to Lower Health Care Costs

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Feb 23, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Equalizing Medicare Payments Regardless of Site-of-Care

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Apr 22, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care| Social Security| Budget Process

TRUST Act has Bipartisan, Bicameral Reintroduction

Last week, a bipartisan and bicameral group of lawmakers reintroduced the TRUST Act , which would establish bipartisan commissions to restore...
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Apr 2, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Event Recap: New Ideas to Lower Health Care Costs

On Wednesday, March 17, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted a virtual event “ New Ideas to Lower Health Care Costs ." The event was...
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Mar 22, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Ten Options to Secure the Medicare Trust Fund

The Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI), or Part A, trust fund is expected to be only five years from insolvency and faces a $515 billion net funding...
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Feb 23, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Capping Hospital Prices

High hospital prices are a leading driver of high and rising costs in the U.S. health care system, resulting in insurance premium growth that...
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Feb 23, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Reducing Medicare Advantage Overpayments

The Medicare Advantage (MA) program, which allows Medicare beneficiaries to enroll in federally-funded private health insurance plans, is an...
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Feb 23, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Equalizing Medicare Payments Regardless of Site-of-Care

Currently, the Medicare program pays higher rates for medical services performed in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) than it pays for the same...
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Feb 23, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Three Ways to Lower Health Care Costs

There is broad agreement on the need to address high and rising health care costs and a growing consensus on potential sources of savings. At the...
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Sep 11, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Health Care| Social Security

CBO Projects Major Trust Fund Exhaustions on the Horizon

A number of important federal programs — including Social Security and Medicare — are financed through dedicated revenue sources and managed through...
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Aug 31, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Understanding Joe Biden's 2020 Health Care Plan

Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden has proposed a significant agenda to address health care coverage and costs. He...
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