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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.
Obamacare Replacement Could Save $2 Trillion Over Two Decades
Update (3/23/2017): These numbers are relevant for the original version of the American Health Care Act. An amended version was released on March 20...
MacGuineas Explains the President's "Skinny Budget" and the Debt Ceiling on NBC and Fox
CRFB President Maya MacGuineas appeared on NBC and Fox News yesterday to discuss President Trump's new "skinny budget" and the debt limit. On Nightly...
House Health Care Bill Would Accelerate Medicare Insolvency to 2023
Despite the fact that the AHCA would reduce deficits, it would prove fiscally harmful in one area: Medicare solvency.
Is it Time to Enact Postal Reform?
A bipartisan proposal aimed at putting the postal service on better financial ground has been gaining traction in recent weeks. The United States...
Alice Rivlin: Don’t undermine the Congressional Budget Office. Use it.
Congress faces a daunting legislative agenda: Health care is “complicated,” as President Trump recently discovered. So are tax reform and spending...
What CBO Says About the House Obamacare Replacement
Update (3/21/2017): These numbers are relevant for the original version of the American Health Care Act. An amended version was released on March 20...
House ACA Replacement Would Accelerate Medicare Insolvency
Earlier this year, we released three principles for responsible "Obamacare" Repeal and Replace. I
What's in the GOP Obamacare Replacement Bill?
Update (3/21/2017): This description is relevant for the original version of the American Health Care Act. An amended version was released on March 20...
How Much Does the House GOP Tax Plan Cost?
The tax reform conversation so far has mostly focused on House Republicans' "Better Way" Blueprint released last summer (we explain the plan in detail...
JCT: ACA Repeal Will Cut Taxes by At Least $600 Billion
In light of the House GOP releasing their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA or "Obamacare"), the Joint Committee on Taxation...
Gene Steuerle: Before We Reform Tax Policy, We Need to Know What Is Working
Congress and President Trump are embarking on what is likely to be a major rewrite of the federal income tax code.
Cutting the Smallest and Slowest Growing Part of the Budget
President Trump's March budget release will reportedly increase defense spending next year by $54 billion and cut non-defense spending by the same...