One of the central problems with the country’s health care system is that it often shields consumers from costs in ways that provide little incentive to hold them down. In many cases, the consumers do not even know the full…
The AARP has launched a misleading and divisive ad campaign aimed at excluding Social Security and Medicare from any deficit-reduction proposals that might be developed by the new congressional “super committee.”This could have a dramatic negative impact on other government…
With its August update of the Budget and Economic Outlook, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has thrown sand into the political gears of both parties as they hone their fiscal policy arguments for the November elections. (more…)
I. Introduction With the House having passed its version of health care reform (H.R. 3962) and the Senate on the verge of passing its version (H.R. 3590), the outline of a final bill is beginning to take shape. It is…