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Will Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Interest Take up 83% of Spending in Five Years?
During the February 25 Republican presidential debate, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said: I want to go back to this question you asked about the debt. This...
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Additional Offsets for Senator Sanders's Health Plan
The Sanders campaign has listed additional offsets on their website to pay for the "Medicare-for-all" health plan – most significantly taxation of...
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What's New in the President's FY 2017 Budget
The final budget of the Obama Presidency continues a mix of long-standing policies (including a few that have been in all eight budgets) and policies...
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Analysis of the Sanders Single-Payer Offsets
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) released the outline of a plan to move to a single-payer health care system in the U.S...
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How Much Would Sen. Bernie Sanders's Single-Payer Plan Cost?
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) recently released arguably his most ambitious policy proposal yet, to move to a single...
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Social Security, Medicare, & Interest Drive 3/4 of Spending Growth
The deficit will grow from less than $550 billion in 2016 to $1.4 trillion in 2026, according to this week's report by the Congressional Budget Office...
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Maya MacGuineas: Modernizing Social Security and Medicare Starts with Leadership
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, was interviewed by the George W...
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CBO's Latest Estimate of the Partial ACA Repeal
Kicking off the new year in style, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its latest estimate of the reconciliation bill passed by the Senate...
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2015’s Fiscal Follies and Reasons for Hope
It’s the end of the year and like so many organizations, CRFB wanted to share with you our top 10 list: a look back at Congress’s 10 top fiscal...
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Policymakers Dig Hole $1.2 Trillion Deeper in 2015
With debt already around its highest level as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) other than around World War II and estimated to grow with no end...
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Tax Extenders Deal Might End Up Adding $4 Trillion to the Debt
The $700 billion price tag on the rumored deal to permanently extend expired tax breaks might actually be underselling just how expensive the package...
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Loren Adler: Tax Extenders Deal Could Undermine the ACA
Loren Adler, Research Director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a guest post that appeared on the RealClearPolicy blog . It...