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Three Numbers That Sum Up the GOP Tax Cuts in 2018

With tax season ending this week for most Americans, Howard Gleckman of the Tax Policy Center has boiled down the effects of the new tax law for the average citizen into just a few numbers. While no...
Primary Care Accounts for as Little as 2.12% of Medicare Spending

Only a small fraction of total Medicare spending goes toward primary care, according to a RAND Corporation study published this week in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine . Depending on how narrowly...

$Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during an event to introduce the "Medicare for All Act of 2017\$

Health Care CEO Slams Medicare for All

The CEO of industry giant UnitedHealth Group weighed in on Medicare for All proposals Tuesday, saying that plans being debated by Democrats would harm the nation’s health care system if enacted. "The...
GOP Tax Overhaul Hurt the Housing Market: Fed Economists

Did the 2017 tax overhaul depress the housing market in 2018? In a new research report, economists Richard Peach and Casey McQuillan at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York say there’s a good chance...
Fact Check: Did Trump Bring Down Drug Prices for the First Time in 50 Years?

President Donald Trump announced last month that the GOP will become “the party of health care,” and news reports suggest he intends to make it a top issue in his reelection campaign. So when Mick...
Tax Day 2019: How the Government Spends Your Money

Happy Tax Day! You’ve probably already filed your return for 2018, or at least most taxpayers have. The IRS says that it received more than 103 million returns by April 5 — and issued nearly 78...
Number of the Day: A $600 Billion Tax Gap?

The most recent IRS estimate of the tax gap — the amount of taxes owed but not paid voluntarily or in a timely manner — put the net figure at $406 billion a year from 2008 to 2010. But William G...