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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.
What We Know About the “Third Prong” of the Republicans’ Health Care Plan
Update (3/27/2017): After publication, CBO released a score for H.R. 1215 - the Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017. This blog has been updated to...
Maya MacGuineas and Robert L. Bixby: Trump's "skinny budget" gets an incomplete
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, and Robert L. Bixby, executive...
AHCA Manager's Amendments Will Likely Cut Deficit Reduction in Half
The House Rules Committee released two manager's amendments to the American Health Care Act (AHCA) late Monday evening in advance of their scheduled...
AHCA Saves Money, But Could Make Getting to Balance Harder
House Republican leaders have introduced an ACA replacement bill, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), which the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)...
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...