Medicaid accounted for 14.8 percent of the $2.1 trillion in total health spending in 2006 and 7 percent of the federal budget in 2007. In the next ten years, Medicaid expenditures are projected to grow at a rate of 7.9 percent per year, a rate that exceeds the growth of...

Medicaid provides health care for the poorest and most severely disabled members of our society, and improving its quality should be a top priority.

Intense debate continues over the appropriate level of marginal income tax rates, particularly as policymakers consider whether to extend part or all of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, which are currently scheduled to expire at the end of 2012.

Inattention to the problems of Medicare cannot last.