Support for TRUST Act Grows
The Time to Rescue United States Trusts Act, or the TRUST Act, was introduced last fall on a bipartisan basis in both chambers of Congress to...
Health Care
Budget Deal Shows Bipartisan Failure of Leadership
For Immediate Release
Later today, President Trump is expected to sign into law a $1.4 trillion spending package, appropriated through two...
Appropriations Deal Will Cost $2.1 Trillion Over 20 Years
The appropriations deal's numerous deficit-increasing policies, most notably its permanent repeal of three Affordable Care Act (ACA) taxes,...
Spending Package Could Add $500 Billion to Debt
Update 12/17/19: CBO and JCT have now estimated the year-end spending package after a late-night addition by the House Rules Committee. The bill now...
Budget Offsets Bank
The federal debt is at a post-war record high, deficits are set to exceed the trillion-dollar mark this year, and new initiatives are being proposed...
Maya MacGuineas: Utah Statesmen Seek to Fix Our Most Pressing Problems
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an...
Event: Opportunities for Lowering Health Care Costs
Policymakers in both parties have been working toward new solutions to address high prescription drug prices, surprise medical billing, and the...
Watch: Opportunities for Lowering Health Care Costs
On November 21, we hosted a major event on reducing health care costs for families, businesses, and the federal government. The event featured...
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and West Health Launch Health Savers Initiative
For Immediate Release
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and the West Health Policy Center have launched the Health Savers Initiative, a...
Choices for Financing Medicare for All: A Preliminary Analysis
Proposals to adopt single-payer health care in the United States have grown in popularity in recent years, as numerous lawmakers and presidential...