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Upcoming Webinar: Effective Government & Private Sector Initiatives to Address Childhood Obesity

NIHCM Foundation and WellPoint, Inc. will host a webinar, "Effective Government & Private Sector Initiatives to Addr...

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AcademyHealth to Host Health Policy Orientation

AcademyHealth's annual Health Policy Orientation will take place in Washington DC on October 25-28, 2010. This event...

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Upcoming Webinar: Adolescent & Young Adult Health in the Post Reform Era

NIHCM will host a webinar, "Adolescent & Young Adult Health in the Post Reform Era," on August 17, 2010 at 1:00...

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New Issue Brief on Perinatal Oral Health

NIHCM Foundation and the Children's Dental Health Project are pleased to announce the release of a new Issue Brief, "...

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Creating Healthy Opportunities: Conversations with Adolescent Health Experts

NIHCM Foundation, in collaboration with the Partners in Program Planning for Adolescent Health (PIPPAH) initiative, is please...

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New Issue Brief on Maternal Depression

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New Expert Voices: Our Unsustainable Budget Situation

May 26th 2010

NIHCM Foundation is pleased to announce the release of a new article in our Expert Voices series, "Our Unsustainable Budget Situation."

The U.S. Federal debt is exploding to levels not seen since World War II, and some say this threatens our living standards, compromises our independence in domestic and foreign policy, and leaves future generations with a staggering financial burden. In this essay, Maya MacGuineas reviews the budget projections and comments on Administration proposals for addressing the fiscal crisis. She also describes a new set of recommendations from the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform calling for immediate and bold steps designed to stabilize our federal debt at 60 percent of GDP by 2018. By Maya MacGuineas, MPP, President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and Director of the Fiscal Policy Program, New America Foundation, May 2010. To see other articles in the Expert Voices series, click here.