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Welcome to our blog – The Bottom Line, where you’ll find up-to-date commentary and analysis on the most important news in the fiscal world. Below is a list of our blog posts.
Progressive Caucus Releases Budget
The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) kicked off the Congressional budget season last week by releasing its " Better Off Budget." This release...
Kent Conrad: In Camp's Camp--Praising the Effort on Tax Reform
Kent Conrad, former Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, wrote a commentary in Roll Call . It is reposted here. The courage to tackle tough...
Unpaid-for Doc Fix Could Cost Trillions over Long Run
Proposals to "pay for" (or not pay for) a repeal of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula have come out this week, and the verdict has been mostly...
There They Go Again: More Timing Gimmicks Being Used as Offsets
It seems to be Gimmick Week in DC. After two of the Medicare physician payment bills offset their costs with gimmicks, the recently announced...
Actually, The SGR Has Slowed Health Care Cost Growth
To bolster their case against offsetting the high cost of SGR reform, many have claimed that the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) is “ budget...
Three Out of Four Doc Fix Plans Would Worsen the Debt
Note: This blog has been updated from its original posting to include the CBO score of the Senate Republican proposal. With the current "doc fix" set...
Correcting Some Misconceptions About the Camp Plan
In the wake of the release of House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp's (R-MI) tax reform discussion draft, some misconceptions have been...
Taking Stock of the Long-Term Fiscal Picture
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) isn't the only agency in town that does long-term projections. The Treasury Department annually releases the...
Democratic SGR Offset Alternative Replaces One Gimmick With Another
Earlier today, we wrote that the the House Republican SGR bill would add to long-term deficits by using a timing gimmick to pay for permanent costs...
House SGR Bill Increases Long-Term Deficits
While the relevant congressional committees recently reached agreement on a bipartisan plan to replace the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula with...
Administration Does About-Face on Fate of ACA Cost-Sharing Subsidies
The administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its report to Congress on Monday detailing the sequester’s impact on mandatory...
OMB Releases Long-Term Projections for the FY2015 Budget Proposal
OMB just published additional information, explanations, tables, and projections related to this year's budget -- known as the Analytical Perspectives...