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Equalizing Medicare Payments Regardless of Site-of-Care
Currently, the Medicare program pays higher rates for medical services performed in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) than it pays for the same...
Three Ways to Lower Health Care Costs
There is broad agreement on the need to address high and rising health care costs and a growing consensus on potential sources of savings. At the...
Five Ways to Improve the House COVID Relief Package
The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan currently under consideration in the House includes a number of important policies to help end the pandemic,...
Feb 18, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release Event
Remembering Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson
On Monday, February 15, Marriott International President and CEO Arne Sorenson passed away after a two-year battle against pancreatic cancer. Along...
Pell Program Faces Funding Cliff in 2026
The Congressional Budget Office projects the Pell program will deplete its reserve fund by 2026 and face cumulative deficits of $18 billion by 2031...
State and Local Governments Do Not Need Half a Trillion in COVID Relief
The American Rescue Plan currently making its way through Congress contains over $500 billion of aid to state and local governments. A number of...
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FixUS seeks to better understand the root causes of our nation’s... -
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Our Fiscal FactCheck series holds policymakers and candidates... -
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In our series, Budgeting for the Next Generation, we review federal... -
The McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative is a project dedicated... -
American Health Care: Rethinking the Challenges, Opportunities, and...
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