Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Health Care

Moment of Truth Project Highlights Reforms to Health Care Cost-Sharing and Federal Retirement

With the deadline for the Super Committee to come to an agreement nearly here, the Moment of Truth Proje

How to Save $600 Billion in Health Care While Protecting the Disadvantaged

In his testimony to the Super Committee, Fiscal Commission co-chair Erskine Bowles floated a 

Medicare Premium Increases Announced and Medicaid Glitch Fix Passes House

Last week the federal government announced that 2012 Medicare premiums will

The Importance of Shared Sacrifice

As is well-known by now, the growth in entitlement programs fueled by rising health care costs and an aging population threatens an ever-increasing

CLASS Act Fades Away

The CLASS Act, the new long-term care program enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act,

CRFB President Maya MacGuineas and Board Member Douglas Holtz-Eakin Testify on Medicare Reform

On Wednesday, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas and CRFB board member Douglas Holtz-Eakin testified in front of the Senate Special Committee on...

13th and 14th Plans Added to Super Committee Tracker

Two more recent recommendations have been added to our Super Committee submissions tracker

Senate Committee on Aging Holding Hearing on Medicare Reform

CRFB President Maya MacGuineas and former CBO director and current CRFB board member Douglas Holtz-Eakin will be testifying in front the Senat

Two Letters to the Super Committee on Defense and Medicare

Two more submissions have recently been made to the Super Committee, adding to what is becoming an interesting list of ideas for them to draw inspi

A Look at Medigap Reforms

The Washington Post had an editorial

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