Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Chances For Deficit Deal Diminish As Medicare's Outlook Improves
Last week's report on Medicare projected that the program's hospital trust fund would be solvent until 2026 -- two years longer than the last prediction. That slowing of health care costs, combined with shrinking near-term federal deficits and partisan gridlock are making a congressional deficit deal unlikely, at least until after the 2014 elections.
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