health care

Health care is the most talked-about topic in Washington this week, but is all the talk actually helping people come to grips with this issue?

Anyone who's even remotely following the narrative impact of our current economic woes on the deficit should be well aware that our government is living way beyond its means. And in fact, it was living way beyond its means in debt and liabilities even before this economic crisis began.

President Obama's announcement that he'll support so-called "pay as you go" legislation is getting most of the coverage today, but if you care about the federal deficit and national debt,

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: