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Comments on Proposed Rule to Close a Medicaid Financing Loophole
On July 11, 2025 the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget's Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director Marc Goldwein and Director of...
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Comparing the Senate and House OBBBAs
The Senate has passed its version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 reconciliation bill – the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The table below is a...
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Senate OBBBA Includes Major "RECA" Entitlement Expansion
In addition to adding an extra $1.1 trillion to the national debt above the House bill to a total of over $4.1 trillion, the Senate-passed One Big...
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OBBBA Would Accelerate Social Security & Medicare Insolvency
The Social Security and Medicare Trustees estimated in their 2025 annual reports on the programs that the retirement and hospital trust funds will...
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Senate Reconciliation Bill Could Add Over $4 Trillion to Debt
As it currently stands, the Senate reconciliation bill is likely to add $3.5 to $4.2 trillion to the debt through Fiscal Year (FY) 2034, based on our...
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Analysis of the 2025 Medicare Trustees' Report
The Medicare and Social Security Trustees released their annual reports on the financial status of the trust funds. Our report on the Social Security...
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Social Security and Medicare Trustees Release 2025 Reports
Note: We have published our analyses of the Social Security and Medicare Trustees' Reports. The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their...
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Medicare Waste is Rightly Back on the Table
The Senate is reportedly exploring options to reduce Medicare waste, fraud, and abuse as they consider changes to the House-passed One Big Beautiful...
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CMS Takes Important Steps to Recover Overpayments from Medicare Advantage
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced it was expanding its efforts to audit Medicare Advantage (MA) plans’ risk...
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Breaking Down the One Big Beautiful Bill
Note: (06/23/2025) Some categorizations and numbers in the Ways and Means' section of the table below have been updated to more accurately reflect the...
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Energy & Commerce Draft Would Help Limit Medicaid Gaming
The House Energy & Commerce (E&C) Committee recently released its proposed reconciliation legislation, which is expected to save over $900 billion...
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New Site-Neutral Bill Introduced in Senate
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced the Same Care, Lower Cost Act this week, which would take significant steps toward implementing site-neutral...