A Bipartisan Rx for Patient-Centered Care and System-wide Cost Containment
Apr. 18, 2013
Bipartisan Policy Center
The United States spends more on health care than any other country and yet tens of millions of Americans are facing uncoordinated and costly medical care. With health care spending expected to continue to grow for the foreseeable future and with the nation's growing federal deficit and debt, system-wide health care cost containment is both a critical component of any long term deficit reduction strategy and urgently needed to ensure the sustainability of our health care system.
Federal Budgeting in 2013: Fundamentally Challenged
Mar. 25, 2013
Bipartisan Policy Center
The current federal budget process has been stymied by political and philosophical priorities. Dr. Phil Joyce, William Hoagland, Maya MacGuineas, and Dr. Robert Reischauer discussed the current environment, what should happen next, and what is likely to occur.
The Debt Ceiling and Fiscal Follies
Feb. 6, 2013
Bipartisan Policy Center
Washington may have temporarily averted the debt ceiling disaster, but in the eyes of Wall Street, the debt ceiling still poses a great danger to the world economy during a time of such great fiscal austerity.
The Bipartisan Policy Center hosted a distinguished panel of financial market experts, Wall Street investors and opinion makers to discuss various aspects surrounding the debt ceiling debate and how it complicates fiscal issues around the world. The panel debated the market consequences and practical financial impacts that will result from defaulting, and they also evaluated the effects that government inaction will have on the domestic and global economy at large.
Twitter Q&A with BPC's Steve Bell
Jan. 29, 2013
BPC Twitter feed
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) hosted a live Twitter Q&A featuring Steve Bell, senior director of BPC's Economic Policy Project. Bell fielded questions on emerging economic trends, the looming sequester, and legislation passed last week in the House that would reshape BPC's debt limit "X Date" projection.
Senior Vice President Bill Hoagland testifies before House Committee on Ways and Means
Jan. 22, 2013
1100 Longworth House Office Building
Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) Senior Vice President Bill Hoagland testified before the House Committee on Ways and Means during a hearing focused on the debt limit. Witnesses addressed how past Congresses and Presidents have negotiated and raised the limit, and whether the Constitution provides options to the Executive Branch when the debt limit is reached.
Watch video of the hearing here.
Read BPC's Debt Limit Analysis here.
Looking Back to Move Forward: The 1990 Budget Summit Revisited
Nov. 28, 2012
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 608
On the last day of the 1990 fiscal year, after months of difficult bipartisan negotiations, the President and leaders of Congress reached an agreement that yielded budget savings and lasting process reforms. What led to agreement then? Why was the initial agreement defeated? What lessons does that experience hold for today?
Civil Conversations: Restoring Civility to the Debt Discussion
Oct. 9, 2012
The Brookings Institution (Falk Auditorium)
As political discussion has devolved more and more into hyperbole and vitriol over the past few years, solutions to the critical issues that face the nation - including our mounting deficits and national debt - have proven elusive. How to bring this discussion back to substantive issues, as opposed to partisan rhetoric?
On October 9, as part of her Civil Conversations Project, Krista Tippett of American Public Media's radio show On Being moderated a discussion at Brookings with Senior Fellow Alice Rivlin, former director of the Office of Management and Budget and Congressional Budget Office and Pete Domenici, former Republican senator from New Mexico and a senior fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Both renowned for their work on budget issues, they have created a bipartisan alliance, and discussed what they have learned, what is happening below the radar of partisan rancor, and what is at stake as the nation grapples with the debt crisis and political stalemate. Brookings Managing Director William J. Antholis delivered opening remarks.
The Imperative of Entitlement Reform and Health Care Cost Control
Oct. 1, 2012
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (B1 Conference Room)
Former Senators Sam Nunn (D-GA), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Warren Rudman (R-NH), and Evan Bayh (D-IN) hosted the final forum on America's fiscal challenge.
Bill Frist, Donna Shalala, John B. Taylor, and Alice Rivlin
The Challenge of Pro-Growth Tax Reform
Sep. 27, 2012
Carnegie Corporation of New York (26th Floor Board Room)
Former Senators Sam Nunn (D-GA), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Warren Rudman (R-NH), and Evan Bayh (D-IN) hosted the third of four forums on America’s fiscal challenge.
Lawrence H. Summer, Dr. Martin Feldstein, David M. Cote, Alfred P. West and Navin Thukkaram
National Security Implications of America’s Debt & Bipartisan Plans to Address the Situation
Sep. 17, 2012
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Former Senators Sam Nunn (D-GA), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Warren Rudman (R-NH), Evan Bayh (D-IN) and other former Members of Congress hosted the second of four forums on America’s fiscal challenge.
Robert Gates, Michael Mullen, Erskine Bowles, Pete Domenici, Alan Simpson and Alice Rivlin
Brick-and-Mortar or Click-and-Order? Revisiting the Internet Sales Tax
Sep. 14, 2012
Meinders School of Business, Oklahoma City University
Did you know consumers owe Oklahoma state sales taxes on online purchases even if the e-retailer doesn't "charge" those taxes?
Are you a small Oklahoma-based business that collects state sales taxes?
Are you concerned about competing with large e-retailers who don't collect these taxes?
If so, please join us for an in-depth discussion of the latest economic, political and legal debates around the Internet sales tax.
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), Oklahoma City University, the State Chamber of Oklahoma, the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, and the Tulsa Metro Chamber hosted a discussion with community, business and political leaders to discuss the competitive disadvantage between local stores and giant e-retailers.
Economic and Foreign Policy Implications of America’s Debt
Sep. 12, 2012
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Former Senators Sam Nunn (D-GA), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Warren Rudman (R-NH), Evan Bayh (D-IN) and other former Members of Congress hosted the first of four forums on America’s fiscal challenge.
Robert Rubin
Former Secretary of the Treasury
James A. Baker, III
Former Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State
(via satellite)
The Tax Piece of the Debt Puzzle
Jun. 11, 2012
Bipartisan Policy Center
As Congress barrels toward a momentous lame duck session later this year, what are the prospects for fundamental tax reform as part of a larger deficit reduction package? Current and former members of Congress, as well as leading budget experts, examined the state of tax reform and plans for moving forward after the presidential election and in 2013.
Mar. 29, 2012
Newseum Knight Broadcast Studio
With the release of the House Republican’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget resolution, budgetary issues are roaring back to the front burner. National Journal held a policy summit that took a substantive look at each of the leading budget proposals. Where might budgetary compromise and confrontation exist in the competing plans? What does each plan say about the political parties’ respective vision for the country? How are issues like entitlement reform or changes in the federal tax code addressed? And finally, given the long-standing political impasse on budgetary issues, is passing a comprehensive budget still possible, or is the age of continuing resolutions the “new normal” in polarized Washington?
Controlling Medicare Costs: Is Premium Support The Answer?
Dec. 16, 2011
The Brookings Institution
"With the failure of the congressional “supercommittee” to reach a consensus, the stalemate on addressing the U.S. budget deficit continues. But the problem remains: to close the budget gap, revenues must be increased and spending must be reduced. And there is a growing consensus that the federal deficit cannot be brought under control unless reforms are enacted that slow the growth of Medicare spending.
"On December 16, the Budgeting for National Priorities project at Brookings and the Bipartisan Policy Center's Debt Reduction Task Force hosted a discussion of the role of premium support in controlling Medicare costs and in making U.S. health care more efficient and effective. A new paper written by experts on the issue who participate in the ongoing Brookings-Heritage fiscal seminar was released at the event. The paper provides an overview of the basic elements of moving from the current fee-for-service model to a premium support plan, reviews the arguments for and against premium support, and proposes a specific premium support plan. At the event, premium support was explained and its strengths and weaknesses analyzed by major speakers and a panel of experts."
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