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Jul 26, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Injecting Price Competition into Medicare Part B Drugs

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Jul 22, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Can Medicare Advantage Reforms Save the Trust Fund?

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Jul 27, 2016 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Analyzing Clinton's Health and Education Expansions

Democratic presidential nominee and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently unveiled expansions of her proposals for higher education and...
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Jul 22, 2016 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Latest Health Spending Projection Shows Higher Spending Growth Ahead

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its National Health Expenditure (NHE) projections for 2015-2025 last week. National...
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Jun 30, 2016 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Medicare Trustees Show Need for Reform

The Medicare Trustees released their latest report last week, along with the companion Social Security Trustees' report . The report estimates...
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Jun 22, 2016 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Prescriptions for Controlling Health Care Costs: Statement by Maya MacGuineas on House Republican Health Care Release

House Republicans took an important step today in issuing their recommendations for health care cost control in the proposal they released as part of...
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May 12, 2016 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Maya MacGuineas: Paul Ryan’s Chance to Move Donald Trump on Entitlement Reform

Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, wrote a commentary that...
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May 9, 2016 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Analysis of Donald Trump's Health Care Plan

UPDATED: This analysis was originally published on March 14, 2016. It has since been updated on May 9, 2016 to reflect updated estimates of the costs...
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Apr 11, 2016 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Fact Sheet: How much money could Medicare save by negotiating prescription drug prices?

How much does Medicare Part D cost? Medicare Part D, which covers prescription drugs for the elderly, spent $62 billion last calendar year. With...
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Mar 31, 2016 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

CBO's New One-Stop Shop for Federal Spending on Health Insurance Coverage

CBO's March baseline is typically a brief update of budget projections for the next decade, but this year CBO has provided a new comprehensive...
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Mar 29, 2016 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Provider Tax Limits Should Be On The Table for Medicaid Reform

Recently, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) criticized the House Energy & Commerce (E&C) Committee for proposing to limit...
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