Congress Can Reduce the Deficit by $7.7 Trillion in 10 Years
The Congressional Budget Office projects that future deficits will explode. But there's a way out.
The Congressional Budget Office projects that future deficits will explode. But there's a way out.
If the midterms favor Republicans, their top priority needs to be the fight against inflation—whether or not they feel like they created the problem.
From cronyist subsidies to an unfair tax code, there are several key fixes Congress could make to better serve the public.
Top-notch health care, delivered fast and for low cost, really isn’t on the government's menu.
Under current policies, Social Security and Medicare will consume 85 percent of all federal tax revenue by 2050.
The president's new budget plan calls on Congress to tax wealthy Americans' unrealized capital gains.
We must face the reality that the debt does matter.
The House passed the bill this week with little fanfare and broad bipartisan support.
Assorted observations on yesterday's opinions, what they mean, and what comes next.
By divided votes, the justices entered stayed t the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard and stayed the lower court injunctions against the mandate that Medicare and Medicaid service providers require their employees to get vaccinated.
The Supreme Court has asked for responses to the federal government's stay request.
The Biden Administration is seeking to stay lower court injunctions against the mandate.
The district court's justification for a nationwide injunction was decidedly lacking.
Now that a federal appeals court has weighed in, the CMS mandate may reach One First Street.
Are Medicare's fiscal problems even worse than the headline numbers suggest?
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services has adopted a more stringent rule for health care providers than OSHA is imposing on large employers.
New analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office shows massive deficit increase as a result of spending bill’s health care provisions.
When everything's a priority, nothing is.
"Spending trillions more on new and expanded government programs, when we can't even pay for the essential social programs...is the definition of fiscal insanity."
Democrats want to raise the debt ceiling, while Republicans occasionally remember they're against big government spending.
The federal health care program is on track for a trust fund shortfall in just five years. But instead of paying for the program that exists, Democrats want to expand it.
Plus, why is no one talking about the Medicare Trustees' entitlement report?
The health program won't be able to pay all of its bills starting in 2026, according to a new Trustees report.
The Senate just passed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill—and teed up another $3.5 trillion bill in the process.
The spending proposal is likely to be offset by gimmicks and rosy assumptions.
For many elected Democrats, infrastructure is much more than roads, bridges, dams, and waterways.
The White House chose not to include cost estimates for a number of big-ticket health care policies—while still expressing support for them.
A better prescription would be to get government entirely out of health care.
"Direct primary care is about as close to a free market in health care as you've ever seen in our country," says Dr. Lee Gross.
Senators and state officials are proposing ways to sweep aside nonsensical regulations that place geographic limits on telehealth.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death elevates a familiar health care policy dynamic to the foreground of the election.
Gerald Friedman of the University of Massachusetts says yes, while the Pacific Research Institute's Sally Pipes says no.
Gerald Friedman of the University of Massachusetts says yes, while the Pacific Research Institute's Sally Pipes says no.
The GOP’s decadeslong refusal to offer a compelling health care alternative has given Democrats the political upper hand.
Politicians of both major parties are using COVID-19 to advance their pre-existing policy agendas.
The Massachusetts senator failed to expand her appeal beyond a core group of highly educated upper-middle-class voters.
Medicare for All would cost far, far more than he says.
The president promised to protect Medicare and Social Security, America's biggest entitlement programs.
Historian Amity Shlaes talks about the last time a president massively expanded the federal government to help people.
Warren claims total costs for middle-class families would go down under her plan, but there are reasons to doubt this.
Amity Shlaes's new history of the late 1960s explains the failure of the last time the federal government tried to fix all that was wrong with America.
Taiwan’s system is less generous than the Sanders plan—yet it still struggles with cost control and access to care.
And what predictions will we shank in 2020 and beyond?
A range of libertarian-world approaches to the impending trial of Donald Trump
She's not a libertarian, but Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is shaking up the race for the Democratic nomination.
Last night's debate started with attacks on Trump, but turned into a referendum on Elizabeth Warren.