The President’s Budget and Health Care Reform
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Thursday, February 4, 2010
Piling up debt at the rates implied by the president's budget would all but invite an economic crisis, making the climb toward passage of an expensive health-care bill this year even steeper.  [Read More]

What the Health-Care Debate Is Really All About
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Wednesday, January 20, 2010
The two sides in the health-care debate hold diametrically opposed views that cannot be easily reconciled.  Whatever happens, it is likely to be highly consequential, and both sides know it.  [Read More]

Coakley Offers Seniors No Advantage
The Massachusetts race has major ramifications for all seniors
By James C. Capretta, Jeffrey H. Anderson
Posted: Tuesday, January 19, 2010
The Massachusetts Senate special election is shaping up as a referendum on the health-care debate in Washington.  Few have as much at stake as seniors, including Massachusetts seniors, who would see large reductions in their Medicare benefits if either the House or Senate-passed bill were to become law.  [Read More]

Projecting the Future Diabetes Population Size and Related Costs for the U.S.
By James C. Capretta, Elbert S. Huang, Anirban Basu, Michael O’Grady
Posted: Monday, November 30, 2009
Between 2009 and 2034, the number of people with diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetesis projected to increase from 23.7 million to 44.1 million. Without far-reaching changes in public or private strategies, the costs associated with caring for diabetic patients will add a significant strain to an already overburdened health-care system.  [Read More]

The President Should Be Opposing the House Bill
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Thursday, November 5, 2009
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asserts that the revised health-care bill Democrats are now pushing stays within the president's $900 billion budget, but that is plainly not the case. In fact, using proper accounting, the House Democratic plan would spend $1.5 trillion over the period 2010 to 2019, and raise taxes by about $725 billion, too.  [Read More]