New budget projections show US hitting debt record in 4 years: CBO
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its latest 10-year budget outlook, which projected the U.S. is on track ...
Federal budget deficit expected to soar to $2.7 trillion in 2035, highlighting pressure on GOP
As congressional Republicans struggle to keep deficits in check while extending their sweeping 2017 tax cuts, the ...
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CBO’s Medicare Savings Options
Medicare – a federal program that provides health insurance to seniors and some individuals with disabilities – is one of the ...
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Growth in Medicare Advantage Raises Concerns
MA plans are substantially overpaid compared to traditional Medicare. Much of these overpayments benefit the MA plans rather ...
Medicare and telehealth: more restrictive rules could hit patients in 2025
Instead, people on Medicare won’t get the two years of continued coverage for telehealth appointments and five years’ for ...
US budget deficit to hit $1.9 trillion in 2025: CBO
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected on Friday that the federal budget deficit would hit $1.9 trillion in fiscal ...
House Budget Republicans eye more than 200 spending cuts, tax changes for major bill
Republicans on the House Budget Committee are considering more than 200 potential budget cuts, tax breaks, tariffs and ...
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NC leaders worry about future of Medicaid expansion after Trump takes office
"If CMS reduces it below 90%, I will be the first to push to eliminate, as that was not the deal we made," said Rep. Donny ...
New Social Security benefit increases for nearly 3 million Americans may trigger higher tax bill, Medicare premium costs
Nearly 3 million Americans are poised to see bigger Social Security benefit checks. For some, that could trigger larger tax ...
Medicare to Negotiate Lower Prices for Weight-Loss Drugs
The government is expected to pay lower prices for Ozempic and Wegovy starting in 2027. The Trump administration will decide ...
Kalavritinos: Medicare cuts an unfortunate Biden legacy
Biden spent like no president in history, and, with a sleight of hand, by taking hundreds of billions out of Medicare and ...
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Medicare Advantage Deserves a Hard Look From Musk and Ramaswamy
A 2022 report from the Congressional Budget Office found that this kind of risk-score disparity happens "in part because Medicare Advantage plans have an incentive to record more health conditions." ...