For Immediate Release January 30, 2012
Spending Cut Alert: Senate Energy and Water
Spending Cut Alert: Senate Energy and Water
Multi-Billion Dollar CMS Overpayments Continue; Efficiency Programs Fail Spectacularly
On June 30, 2011, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report about the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’s (CMS) incompetence in curtailing waste, fraud, and abuse. For more than 20 years, GAO has deemed Medicare a high-…
CAGW and OSPRI Release 2011 Rhode Island Piglet Book
CAGW and OSPRI Release 2011 Rhode Island Piglet Book
SSDI Funding at Risk
In fiscal year (FY) 2010, the Social Security Disability Insurance program (SSDI) shelled out approximately $123 billion in benefits to more than 10 million disabled workers and their dependents. Reforms in the SSDI program are long overdue; without them, the fund is expected to be depleted by 2018 according to a June 14, 2011 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. One reason for SSDI’s financial woes is a 63 percent increase in overpayments, from $860 million in FY 2001 to $1.4 billion in FY 2010.
CAGW ISSUES SPENDING CUT ALERT ON THE DOLLAR COIN PROGRAM
CAGW ISSUES SPENDING CUT ALERT ON THE DOLLAR COIN PROGRAM
CAGW ISSUES SPENDING CUT ALERT ON FEDERAL ETHANOL SUBSIDIES
CAGW ISSUES SPENDING CUT ALERT ON FEDERAL ETHANOL SUBSIDIES
CAGW ISSUES SPENDING CUT ALERT ON SUGAR SUBSIDIES
CAGW ISSUES SPENDING CUT ALERT ON SUGAR SUBSIDIES
CAGW ISSUES SPENDING CUT ALERT ON MARKET ACCESS PROGRAM
CAGW ISSUES SPENDING CUT ALERT ON MARKET ACCESS PROGRAM
CAGW ISSUES SPENDING CUT ALERT ON BROADBAND PROGRAM
CAGW ISSUES SPENDING CUT ALERT ON BROADBAND PROGRAM