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Trust Fund Solvency Could Stabilize the Debt
Restoring solvency to the major trust funds could stabilize debt as a share of the economy, albeit at a very high level. We estimate that when dynamic...
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Event Recap: Second Annual Health Solutions Summit
On November 8th, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted its second annual Health Solutions Summit in partnership with the Healthcare...
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Social Security Reform Can Boost Incomes, Grow the Economy
According to recent estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), restoring Social Security solvency through blunt changes could ultimately...
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The Case for Raising the Social Security Retirement Age
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget’s Marc Goldwein recently appeared on the “Open to Debate” podcast to discuss the benefits of raising...
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Restoring Trust Fund Solvency Would Reduce Long-Term Debt Growth
Restoring solvency to the major trust funds would reduce one-half to four-fifths of the projected debt-to-GDP growth over the next three decades. The...
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CBO: Social Security is Ten Years from Insolvency
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently published detailed long-term projections for Social Security that project the financial outlook for the...
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Marc Goldwein: Pulling Levers to Prevent Cuts to Social Security Benefits
Marc Goldwein is senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He was recently featured in a...
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6 Ways to Reduce Health Care Costs
By JOSH GORDON AND DARBIN WOFFORD This journal article originally appeared in the Milken Institute Review . Here’s some old news that, depressingly...
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Event Recap: Checking in on the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds
On April 4, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted "Checking in on the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds." The event featured...
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Paragon Health Institute Releases Proposals to Lower Health Care Costs
The Paragon Health Institute recently released a report highlighting 12 options to decrease federal health care spending. The report, titled “Turning...
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Maya MacGuineas: Doing nothing on Social Security and Medicare will be a painful and costly decision
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump share little in their political philosophies and governing styles. But both have demonstrated...
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CRFB Welcomes Plan to Put Medicare Solvency On the Table
Today, President Biden previewed a new plan to improve the solvency of the Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund. The plan would increase the...