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Simpson, Bowles Again Show Path to No-Nonsense Budget
17 May, 2013 - Special Publication

This guest column in the Billings Gazette was written by Paul Hansen, western states regional director for The Concord Coalition.

It is time for both Republicans and Democrats in Washington to make a deal to fix the nation’s debt.

The new budget plan recently released by Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles once again demonstrates that it is possible, through a mix of spending cuts and revenue increases,...

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Sowing Containment of Medicare Expenditures
1 Jun, 2009 - Issue Brief
http://www.concordcoalition.org/files/uploaded-pdfs/090601-health-care-issue-brief-3_0.pdf
By David Koitz This is Issue #3 in The Concord Coalition Series on Health Care and Medicare. For the rest of the series, click here. A consensus exists among health policy analysts that there is no single remedy to rein in the rapid pace at which the nation's health care costs are rising. What we... Read More
The Long-Range Forecasts for Health Care Costs: Ominous and Maybe Even Optimistic
21 May, 2009 - Issue Brief
http://www.concordcoalition.org/files/uploaded-pdfs/090521-health-care-issue-brief-2_1.pdf
By David Koitz This is Issue #2 in The Concord Coalition Series on Health Care and Medicare. For the rest of the series, click here. The financial condition of the Social Security and Medicare programs remains problematic. Projected long run program costs are not sustainable under current... Read More
The Nation's Health Care Conundrum: Where Do We Go From Here?
15 May, 2009 - Issue Brief
http://www.concordcoalition.org/files/uploaded-pdfs/090515-health-care-issue-brief-1_0.pdf
By David Koitz This is Issue #1 in The Concord Coalition Series on Health Care and Medicare. For the rest of the series, click here. The cost of health care in the United States continues its rapid multi-decade rise unabated, far outstripping inflation and the rise in personal incomes. The... Read More
Concord Coalition Says New Trustees' Report Demonstrates The Importance Of Health Care Cost Control
12 May, 2009 - Press Release
WASHINGTON -- With today's release of the annual Social Security and Medicare Trustees' Reports again showing that the nation’s two largest programs are on a troubled fiscal path, The Concord Coalition urged politicians to work together on reforms of both programs aimed at producing a sustainable... Read More
Concord Coalition Says That New CBO Numbers Demonstrate The High Cost Of Abandoning PAYGO
20 Mar, 2009 - Press Release
WASHINGTON -- With today’s release of a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report estimating that the President’s budget would result in annual deficits averaging more than $900 billion over the next 10 years, The Concord Coalition pointed out that much of the fiscal damage would be caused by... Read More
The President’s Budget: A Bold Approach With Many Risks
13 Mar, 2009 - Issue Brief
http://www.concordcoalition.org/files/uploaded-pdfs/March_13_Obama_budget.pdf
I. Introduction The budget outline submitted to Congress by President Obama on February 26, 2009 is a bold and ambitious proposal that could transform the policy agenda for years to come. On the plus side, it calls for significant deficit reduction, improves transparency, and reflects a commitment... Read More
Concord Coalition Supports President Obama's Deficit Reduction Goal But Warns That Much More Needs To Be Done
26 Feb, 2009 - Press Release
The Concord Coalition said today that President Obama's pledge to cut the deficit in half by 2013 is a positive and achievable goal but warned that it would still leave the nation on an unsustainable fiscal path. Concord praised the administration for improving transparency in the budget by using... Read More
Concord Coalition Takes Its Fiscal Wake-Up Tour Message To White House Summit
23 Feb, 2009 - Press Release
The Concord Coalition said today that it welcomes President Obama’s White House summit on fiscal responsibility and urged participants to seek common ground on key challenges rather than erect barriers to constructive solutions. Concord will be represented at the summit by Executive Director... Read More
Statement on the Fiscal Responsibility Summit
19 Feb, 2009 - Special Publication
http://www.concordcoalition.org/files/uploaded-pdfs/090219-fiscal_responsibility_summit.pdf
To access the PDF version, click here President Obama’s intention to convene a fiscal responsibility summit is a very welcome development. It offers a valuable opportunity to focus public attention on our nation’s unsustainable budget outlook and to highlight various approaches to meaningful... Read More
A Letter to the Young Members of Congress
13 Feb, 2009 - Special Publication
http://www.concordcoalition.org/files/uploaded-pdfs/YES_letter_to_Congress_updated.pdf
Considering the unprecedented scale of the 2009 stimulus package, a group of youth leaders concerned about the future of the national debt wrote a letter to the youngest members of Congress urging them to consider the long term implications of today's budgetary decisions.   Read the Full Letter... Read More