RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Alan J. Auerbach, Jason Furman and William G. Gale, May 08, 2008, The Brookings Institution
This paper discusses the most recent Congressional Budget Office baseline projection, and uses it to examine the causes of the fiscal decline since 2000 and the medium- and longer-term fiscal outlook.
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BOOK
Henry J. Aaron and Jeanne M. Lambrew, May 01, 2008
Aaron and Lambrew provide essential insight into the types of hybrid Medicare policies that Congress will consider in coming years. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bill Frenzel and Ron Haskins, April 07, 2008, The Washington Times
As the baby boomers begin to retire this year, the burden of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid will grow relentlessly. With more people in the programs and more expensive benefits, the nation will quickly encounter a budget disaster. Bill Frenzel and Ron Haskins say that dramatic reforms are needed to avoid budget chaos for future generations. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
April 2008, The Brookings Institution and the Heritage Foundation
Unsustainable deficits in the federal budget threaten the health and vigor of the American economy. When the next president and Congress take office in January 2009, they will face one crucial question that has been almost absent from the current election campaign: how to close the enormous gap between projected federal spending and revenues. Read More
PAST EVENT
Monday, March 31, 2008
Washington, DC
Some of the nation’s top economists and budget policy experts presented a new paper arguing that the first step toward establishing budget responsibility is to reform the budget decision process so that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid—the major drivers of escalating deficits—are no longer on auto-pilot. Read More
VIDEO
Alice M. Rivlin and Martha Raddatz, March 25, 2008
Paying for Medicare threatens the solvency of the U.S. budget while meeting the needs of the aging Medicare population is a demographic battle. Senior Fellow Alice Rivlin says that, while difficult, our next president must control the costs while maintaining the program.
PAST EVENT
Friday, March 07, 2008
Washington, DC
Panelists at this conference, co-sponsored by Brookings and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, considered why past efforts to contain health costs have failed and how America might achieve cost-sensitive health care reform in the future. Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and Congressional Budget Office Director Peter Orszag offered remarks. Read More
VIDEO
Henry J. Aaron and Martha Raddatz, March 06, 2008
Senior Fellow Henry Aaron explains to ABC’s Martha Raddatz that our next president will confront major health policy decisions with far-reaching effects on the life of virtually every American.
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Henry J. Aaron, Fall 2007, Health Affairs
Henry Aaron raises questions about the health-care budget and finding solutions to this long term problem. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Joseph R. Antos and Alice M. Rivlin, August 15, 2007, Opportunity 08
Americans are deeply concerned about paying their mounting bills for health care. This is true whether they have public (Medicare or Medicaid) or private insurance. And it’s certainly true for the 46 million people with no insurance at all. At the same time, the federal government’s health spending is clearly unsustainable. If current commitments are kept, other government services will have to be slashed or taxes increased drastically just to pay for Medicare and Medicaid. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Gerard F. Anderson and Hugh R. Waters, July 2007, Hamilton Project Discussion Paper, The Brookings Institution
Several principles govern the creation of our Medicare Part E(veryone) proposal. First, universal health insurance coverage is necessary. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mark B. McClellan, June 28, 2007, House Committee on the Budget
On June 28, 2007, Brookings Senior Fellow Mark McClellan testified before the House Budget Committee, discussing the Medicare Advantage program as it relates to the Federal Budget and the overall value it brings to the health care system for the public. Read More
BOOK
Alice M. Rivlin and Joseph R. Antos, March 01, 2007
Exceeding $2 trillion annually, health care spending in the United States is growing significantly faster than the national economy. If left unchecked, this health spending crisis will threaten Americans' ability to pay for other essential services. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
James J. Mongan, Robert E. Mechanic and Thomas H. Lee, December 15, 2006, The Brookings Institution
Because of advances in medical knowledge, the sickest and most costly patients usually receive care from multiple physicians who are often based at multiple institutions. We argue that organization of providers into integrated delivery networks is an important tactic for promoting coordination among physicians. Read More
PAST EVENT
Monday, June 20, 2005
Washington, DC
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