The proposed rule would close a loophole that has allowed several states to get around the requirement that provider taxes redistribute Medicaid funds to a range of providers, not just the ones that ...

On July 11, 2025  the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget's Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director Marc Goldwein and Director of Health Policy Anna Bonelli submitted comments ...

The Treasury Department just confirmed that spending continues to rise. The federal government has already spent $3.6 trillion from January to June of 2025 – up $142 billion from this same period last ...

Appropriations 101 2025-07-11 What are appropriations? How does Congress determine the total level of appropriations?

2025-07-11-The appropriations process for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 has begun, with action in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

On the Medicare side, the Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund is now forecast to exhaust its reserves in 2033, three years sooner than projected in last year’s report. Goldwein emphasized that the ...

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On June 24, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted a virtual event following the release of the 2025 Social Security and Medicare Trustees' reports, which evaluate the fiscal health of ...