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Fri, 18 May 2012 20:00:04 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Off the Charts Blog Post: Key Tax System Concepts, Explained http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Fri, 18 May 2012 15:03:30 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: Greenstein's Take on Boehner's Statement http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 17 May 2012 14:34:28 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Statement by Robert Greenstein, President, on Speaker Boehner's Recent Remarks Concerning the Debt Limit No one should underestimate the significance of House Speaker John Boehner's declaration yesterday that he will block an increase in the debt limit next winter unless policymakers match each dollar of debt limit increase with at least a dollar in budget cuts, with no revenue increases. This standard, which key Republican leaders have said they will insist on for all future debt limit increases, would both produce extreme policies and repeat these lawmakers' hostage-taking strategy of last … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/r9n6ZQAkaVE/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3779 Wed, 16 May 2012 17:21:26 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3779 Off the Charts Blog Post: Senator Lee's Budget Would Sharply Cut Social Security, Medicare, Other Programs While Making Tax System Less Progressive http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 16 May 2012 10:51:51 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: Lower Drug Costs Don't Support Ryan Medicare Proposal http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 15 May 2012 10:22:47 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Lower-Than-Expected Medicare Drug Costs Mostly Reflect Lower Enrollment and Slowing of Overall Drug Spending, Not Reliance on Private Plans The House-passed budget would convert Medicare to a "premium support" voucher to purchase private health insurance or traditional Medicare.[1] Some supporters of premium support — most notably House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, who designed the House proposal — claim that reliance on private insurers would lower Medicare costs. As evidence, they cite the fact that the Medicare Part D drug benefit, which took effect in 2006, has cost less than predicted when Congress enacted it. They … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/KmtWxtVLlVk/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3775 Mon, 14 May 2012 14:47:01 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3775 Off the Charts Blog Post: Don't Blame the Safety Net http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:40:22 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Are Low-Income Programs Enlarging the Nation's Long-Term Fiscal Problem? Several conservative analysts and some journalists lately have cited figures showing substantial growth in recent years in the cost of federal programs for low-income Americans. These figures can create the mistaken impression that growth in low-income programs is a major contributor to the nation’s long-term fiscal problems. In reality, virtually all of the recent growth in spending for means-tested programs is due to two factors: the economic downturn and rising costs … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/JwgjOKTFDco/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3772 Thu, 10 May 2012 11:25:00 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3772 Toomey Budget Similar to House-Passed Ryan Budget The Senate may take up, as early as this week, a budget proposal from Senator Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA)[1] that is similar in most important respects to the budget resolution from House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), which the House passed on March 29. [2] Like the Ryan budget, the Toomey plan (S. Con. Res. 37) would protect and extend tax cuts that disproportionately benefit higher-income Americans, while reducing deficits through steep cuts in programs that benefit … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/pQRvOtwtO6g/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3771 Wed, 09 May 2012 13:06:59 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3771 Off the Charts Blog Post: Fixing (the) Social Security (Graph) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Mon, 07 May 2012 16:25:29 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 House Budget Bills Would Target Programs for Lower-Income Families While Breaking Last Summer's Bipartisan Deal The House Budget Committee is expected to approve on May 7 a package of two bills that would alter the bipartisan deal between President Obama and congressional leaders that was reflected in last summer’s Budget Control Act (BCA). It would eliminate the “sequestration” (automatic cuts) in discretionary programs scheduled for 2013 as a result of the failure of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the “supercommittee”) to achieve $1.2 trillion in … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/H5MA7i8ErSk/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3767 Mon, 07 May 2012 13:58:51 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3767 Off the Charts Blog Post: Health Insurance Exchanges Will Be Net Plus for States http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 03 May 2012 11:52:23 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: No Bonuses for You, House Committee Tells States That Improve Children's Health Coverage http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 02 May 2012 14:56:15 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: An Easy Call on How to Pay for Student Loan Plan http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:33:44 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: Who Really Punted on Pell? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:21:13 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Testimony of Paul N. Van de Water - Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - Before the Subcommittee on Oversight Committee on Ways and Means U.S. House of Representatives Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Lewis, members of the subcommittee, I appreciate the invitation to appear before you today. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes a number of spending reductions and tax increases designed to assure that expanding health coverage does not drive up the deficit. Some provisions limit the use of tax-advantaged accounts to pay for health-related expenses. These limitations make sense both as tax policy and as health policy, and repealing any of them would … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/CdYpGh-7YMo/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3758 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:31:06 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3758 Off the Charts Blog Post: No, Social Security and Medicare Aren't Going “Bankrupt” http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:10:40 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 House Bill Would Cut Medicaid Funding for Puerto Rico by About $5.5 Billion Through 2019 The House Energy and Commerce Committee is scheduled to pass legislation on April 25 that would cut federal Medicaid funding for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico by about $5.5 billion through 2019, relative to current law. The provision is part of legislation that House Republicans are assembling, and plan to bring to the House floor in May, to make $261 billion in budget cuts, as an alternative to automatic cuts in various programs now scheduled to take effect in January 2013. The … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/WTbuyA7LP1Y/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3757 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:18:23 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3757 Off the Charts Blog Post: Defunding State Health Insurance Exchanges Would Slow Health Reform http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:12:19 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: Social Security: It's Not 1983 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:49:54 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: Repealing Health Reform's Medicaid Provision Would Weaken Coverage, Not Fight Fraud http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:04:46 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Media Briefing: Understanding the Annual Reports of the Social Security and Medicare Trustees The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities held a conference call briefing on Monday, April 23 at 4:00 pm (ET) to discuss the 2012 reports of the Social Security and Medicare Trustees. Paul Van de Water, Senior Fellow at the Center and one of Washington’s leading experts on both Social Security and Medicare, and Robert Greenstein, President of CBPP discussed what the reports say about the long-term financial status of Social Security and Medicare. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/JO_tHiYB0Kk/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3755 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:54:11 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3755 Statement of Paul Van de Water, Senior Fellow, on the 2012 Medicare Trustees' Report The new report from Medicare’s trustees shows little change from last year’s report in the near-term outlook for the program, while indicating that the program continues to face significant financing challenges in the long run. The projected date of insolvency for Medicare’s Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund is 2024 — the same as projected last year. Medicare spending overall is projected to grow slightly faster than the trustees forecast previously. … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/Mvat0OJzocY/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3754 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:43:57 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3754 The False Choice of National Defense Versus Helping the Poor House committees this week approved sharp cuts in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps), the elimination of the Social Services Block Grant, and other cuts that would harm large numbers of low- and moderate-income Americans.[1] Proponents claim the cuts are needed to generate enough savings to avert an automatic cut in defense spending of nearly $55 billion scheduled for next January, which they say would harm national security. (Last … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/3hfbMX06AQM/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3752 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:31:30 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3752 What if Chairman Ryan's Medicaid Block Grant Had Taken Effect in 2001? House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s proposal to convert Medicaid to a block grant, which the House recently passed as part of Chairman Ryan’s overall budget plan, would have cut federal Medicaid funds to most states by more than 35 percent by 2010 — and to several of them by more than 50 percent — if it had been in effect starting in 2001. Every state would have received substantially less from the federal government than it actually received under current law, … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/3zf6LwQGpk4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3751 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:00:02 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3751