Taken together, the Saving MEDICARE Act puts forward a comprehensive plan to address the underlying causes of excessive MA ...
As the House considers whether to move forward on a new reconciliation package, there is talk of using reconciliation to significantly reduce government waste, fraud, errors, and abuse (WFEA) – as we ...
The White House recently requested an $87.6 billion supplemental appropriations package. Their request includes over $70 billion for military and related expenses, including funding for the war in ...
Bill Huizenga (R-MI), and Scott Peters (D-CA) introduced the Budgeting for a Better America Act, bipartisan legislation to strengthen the congressional budget process, improve fiscal transparency, and ...
Marc Goldwein is the senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
The United States spends more on health care than any other developed country, and these costs continue to grow – particularly at the federal level. Rising Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health ...
The United States borrowed $1.2 trillion in the first eight months of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026, including $293 billion in May, according to the latest Monthly Treasury Statement from the Treasury ...
The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports today on the financial status of the programs. The Trustees find that these programs are approaching insolvency and face large ...
Click on your state to see its estimated impact. Social Security’s retirement program provides benefits for 63 million Americans, including retirees, spouses, and dependents. 1 Yet we have known for ...
As the debt approaches record levels as a share of the economy, the United States government continues to run the highest peacetime deficits in the nation’s history, outside of a recession or ...
Source: CRFB estimates based on estimates from the Social Security Administration’s Actuarial Services, rounded to the nearest 5%. Note: Figures represent current estimates of what the policies would ...