Home Congress Missed opportunity to use health care, tax policies to stop debt growth Congress Missed opportunity to use health care, tax policies to stop debt growth By cjordan@thehill.com Maya MacGuineas Opinion Contributor - September 26, 2017 61 0 SHARE Facebook Twitter Headlines were made recently when the gross national debt topped $20 trillion for the first time. You would think this ominous milestone might give lawmakers some pause about our unsustainable fiscal course.Sadly, the reaction has been quite the…