Budget

The FY 2014 Budget and Health Funding, Part I
   But there are signs that the move to health exchanges and provisions expanding Medicare and other insurance is beginning to have an impact on ACA and related grant funding.
posted 4/11/13 1:05 PM  read complete story

Obama’s budget: No solution to spending, deficit gridlock
   There used to be a phrase common in Washington: "This budget is dead on arrival." And there's no budget that better qualifies as a subject for that phrase that President Obama's just-released 2014 budget plan.
posted 4/10/13 1:32 PM  read complete story

Budget News: The Next Step
   White House officials say President Obama's 2014 budget proposal will be released April 10.
posted 3/29/13 11:49 AM  read complete story

Dems, GOP Continue Game of 'Dueling' Budgets'
   If you need more evidence showing that the two parties in Congress have made little or no progress in reaching common ground
posted 3/14/13 11:09 PM  read complete story

The House Budget: Second Verse, Same as the First
   Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), chairman of the House Budget Committee, introduced the GOP budget plan for FY 2014
posted 3/14/13 07:16 AM  read complete story

Sequestration and Your State
   The White House is making available a state-by-state accounting of the projected impact sequestration
posted 2/25/13 5:05 PM  read complete story

Simpson-Bowles Issue Revised Plan; Includes Major Health Cuts
   An abbreviated version of a new Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction plan has been released, and like its predecessor, it calls for major reductions in Medicare, Medicaid and other health spending
posted 2/21/13 11:17 AM  read complete story

Update: Sequestration, the Fiscal Cliff, and Health Funding
   Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) recently predicted Congress will be unable to reach agreement on a sequestration deal, resulting in the federal government hitting the so-called "fiscal cliff." But if that happens, what will it mean for health-related funding?
posted 12/4/12 08:26 AM  read complete story

Continuing Resolution Would Keep RFP Schedules Status Quo
   Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, introduces a continuing resolution that would keep the government operating through March 27, while Congress
posted 9/11/12 1:10 PM  read complete story

Feds to Focus Even More on Evaluation, Effectiveness in Funding Decisions
   CHF has mentioned several times that the federal government "is serious this time" when it comes to requiring both grant programs and recipients show they can – and have – evaluated the effectiveness of their programs
posted 5/22/12 2:49 PM  read complete story