Federal Budget

Debt Limit Increase Offers an Opportunity to Enact Positive Reforms

Before leaving town in December, Congress raised the statutory debt limit by $290 billion to $12.39 trillion. This ...

The Risk of Partial Health Care Reform: More Expenses, Fewer Cost Controls

As the White House and congressional leaders rethink health care reform after the Republican upset in the Massachusetts ...

"It isn't fiscally irresponsible to raise the debt limit..."

"It isn't fiscally irresponsible to raise the debt limit, I think it would be rather irresponsible not to ...

A fiscal commission: liberal or conservative plot?

It’s a little amusing to see how badly the idea of a bipartisan fiscal commission has frightened some ...

Health Care

Concord looking to hire Research Assistant

The Concord Coalition is looking to hire a research assistant to help with the Washington Budget Report and ...

Death Panels Part II: How Advance Care Planning and Palliative Care Relate to Current Health Reform Efforts

In my previous post, I spent some time clarifying how “advance care planning” is in no way, shape ...

Clarifying Misinformation about Death Panels

When discussing health care reform, if we cannot even be clear that “advance care planning” is in no ...

Summary Numbers for Health Care Reform Legislation

When we finished our issue brief on the health care reform "endgame" before the holidays, we had a ...

New Study Shows That American Public is Willing to Accept Major Reforms in Medicare Program

WASHINGTON — Although Americans see Medicare as a key part of the country's social contract and want to ...

The "End Game" on Health Care Reform

With the House having passed its version of health care reform (H.R. 3962) and the Senate on the ...