I am author of the book "Caring for Our Parents" and senior fellow at The Urban Institute, where I am affiliated with the Tax Policy Center and the Program on Retirement Policy. I also write a tax and budget policy blog, TaxVox, which you may read at Forbes.com or at
Don’t Expect A Boost In Nursing Home Staff Any Time Soon
The new nursing home rule requires facilities to have sufficient staff to provide an average of least 3.48 hours of daily care for each resident.
Would Biden Really Scrap The TCJA? Would That Raise Everyone’s Taxes?
Critics are blasting him for vowing to allow the individual provisions of the TCJA to expire in late 2025. This would be true if Biden didn’t replace them with anything.
Biden Sets New Nursing Home Staffing Rules
Nursing facilities that receive federal funding through Medicare and Medicaid (effectively all of them) will have to employ enough staff to provide at least 3.48 hours...
How Zero-Sum Thinking May Affect Attitudes About Taxes
The answer says a lot about how you see taxes, as well as immigration, affirmative action, and many other policy choices.
How A Handful Of Drugs Is Squeezing Medicare
The program spent $5.7 billion on drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro in 2022, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.