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Dec 24, 2015 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Health Care| Other Spending| Taxes| Budget Process

2015’s Fiscal Follies and Reasons for Hope

It’s the end of the year and like so many organizations, CRFB wanted to share with you our top 10 list: a look back at Congress’s 10 top fiscal ach
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Dec 22, 2015 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Health Care| Other Spending| Taxes

Policymakers Dig Hole $1.2 Trillion Deeper in 2015

With debt already around its highest level as a s
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Apr 27, 2015 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Health Care| Budget Process

Update: Fiscal Speed Bumps

Congress sped through this year's second and third "Fiscal Speed Bumps" in March, ignoring the return of the statutory debt limit (though the hard...
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Apr 16, 2015 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Health Care| Taxes

House and Senate Budgets Don't Balance in 2025 With Enacted Legislation

The House and Senate are going to a conference committee to reconcile the differences between their budget resolutions, but legislative developments...
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Apr 13, 2015 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care| Budget Process

SGR Bill Triggers Several Rule Violations

We have described at length the fiscal irresponsibility of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) reform bill (H.R. 2) working its way through Congress...
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Apr 10, 2015 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care| Budget Process

PAYGO or No-Go: An Easy Way for Congress to Improve the SGR Bill

There's a simple way to make the $141 billion House-passed Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) bill more fiscally responsible: don't...
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Apr 2, 2015 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

The Basics of the SGR Replacement Bill

The Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula returned yesterday with 21 percent cuts to Medicare physician payments, although the actual effect won'...
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Mar 27, 2015 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

The Path to $165 Billion of Savings

We have spent much space on this blog highlighting the fact that temporary delays of the cuts dictated by Medicare's Sustainable Growth Rate (...
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Mar 26, 2015 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care

No, the SGR Replacement Bill is Not Fiscally Responsible

Despite official estimates tabbing the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula replacement bill at a cost of $141 billion this decade and...
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Mar 25, 2015 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Health Care

SGR Bill Would Add $500 Billion to Long-Term Debt

Earlier today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its score of the Medicare Sustaintable Growth Rate (SGR) reform bill under...
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