health care

The New York Times today has a story looking at the "other" health care issue in the presidental campaign: skyrocketing costs. Most of the debate in recent weeks has been over how to cover the uninsured, particularly in the Democratic race.

In the world of federal budget politics, February may end up being the month of Medicare. And not a moment too soon.

Peter Orszag, the director of the Congressional Budget Office, has an op-ed on the long-term fiscal situation in the Wall Street Journal today -- it's today's must-read budget article, although unfortunately it's behind the Journal's subscription wall.

The problem with having the presidential primaries bearing down on us like this is that lots of people probably aren't going to be prepared to vote.

In Manchester, NH, today, two dozen citizens and Washington and New England leaders came together today to try to find common ground on addressing the nation's $9 trillion debt and its component causes--rapidly rising health-care spending, Social Security, discretionary spending, and taxes.

Talking about the problems that most concerned them, participants said:

There are two developments in the news that are likely to feed into long-running debates:

The CBO made another attempt today to point out something that not enough people realize: the rising cost of health care has huge impact on our long-term budget situation.