Fiscal Cliff Deal Doesn’t Include Long-Term Solutions To Address Health Care Costs

Fiscal Cliff Deal Doesn’t Include Long-Term Solutions To Address Health Care Costs: pThe last-minute compromise negotiated to avert the so-called “fiscal cliff” provides some immediate solutions for enacting tax policies, but simply punts other fiscal questions — most notably, an agreement on raising the national debt limit — further down the line. The deal also prioritizes short-term fixes for cutting health care spending over more permanent solutions [...]/p