Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Health Care

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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Oct 23, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Could Medicare for All be Financed Entirely by Cutting Defense Spending?

Last week, The New York Times published an op-ed entitled “We Don’t Need to Raise Taxes to Have ‘Medicare for All’ .” In it, Lindsay Koshgarian,...
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Oct 22, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care| Taxes

Would Medicare for All Require a Middle-Class Tax Hike?

With several 2020 presidential candidates endorsing a move to single-payer health care ( Medicare for All ), there is an ongoing debate over whether...
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Oct 18, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Fact Checking Medicare for All Claims from the Fourth Democratic Primary Debate

During the fourth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential election cycle, former Vice President Joe Biden and South Bend, Indiana Mayor...
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Aug 30, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

How to Reduce Health Costs By $900 Billion

There is no single magic bullet to rein in the high cost of health care for households, businesses, and governments. But lawmakers are currently...
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Aug 9, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Letter to Finance Committee: Thank You For Working to Reduce Health Costs

Below is a letter sent today from Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas to leaders of the Senate Finance Committee...
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Aug 7, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Senate Finance Prescription Drug Bill Would Reduce Deficits by $100 Billion

The Senate Finance Committee recently approved by a 19-9 vote a prescription drug bill, the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act, that the...
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Jul 29, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care| Taxes

Letter: Nearly 100 Experts Warn Against Cadillac Tax Repeal

A group of nearly 100 distinguished health and economic policy experts from across the ideological spectrum joined together to warn the Senate...
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Jul 16, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care| Taxes

House Should Reject Another Deficit-Financed Tax Cut

For Immediate Release The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a permanent repeal of the "Cadillac tax" on high-cost health insurance...
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Jun 13, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

Lawmakers Shouldn't Repeal Cadillac Tax Without Substantial Offsets

A bill to repeal the "Cadillac tax" on high-cost health insurance plans may soon get a vote on the House floor. This tax was an important part of the...
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