Trust Fund Solutions
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Bipartisan Policy Center Highlights Need for Medicare Trust Fund Solutions
Read moreWith just five years until the Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund faces insolvency, lawmakers must address the trust fund's $515 billion net...
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How Much Would the President's Budget Extend Medicare Solvency?
Read moreThe Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund is only five years from insolvency according to both the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the...
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Senate Finance Committee Hearing Highlights Need to Secure Highway Trust Fund
Read moreThe Senate Finance Committee held a hearing last month titled “ Funding and Financing Options to Bolster American Infrastructure,” covering the need...
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Time is Running Out to Save Social Security
Read moreSocial Security, the nation's largest and arguably most important government program, is only a few years from insolvency. Economists Jeffrey Brown...
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TRUST Act has Bipartisan, Bicameral Reintroduction
Read moreLast week, a bipartisan and bicameral group of lawmakers reintroduced the TRUST Act, which would establish bipartisan commissions to restore solvency...
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ARCHIVE: Ten Options to Secure the Highway Trust Fund
Read moreNote: (2/4/2022): This analysis is now out of date. We released an updated version of this analysis, available here, which includes new projections of...
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ARCHIVE: Ten Options to Secure the Medicare Trust Fund
Read moreNote: (6/16/2022): This analysis is now out of date. We released an updated version of this analysis, available here, which includes new projections...
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The Case for Trust Fund Solutions
Read moreSome of the nation’s most important government programs are financed with dedicated revenue sources using federal trust funds. Four of those programs...