Blog
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.
BCBSA Offers Options to Reduce Health Care Costs
Recently, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) released a plan to lower health care costs that focuses primarily on reducing the high prices...
Tax Policy Center Estimates Medicare Revenue Proposals
The Tax Policy Center (TPC) recently published a report on “Options for Increasing Medicare Revenues.” This report identifies 12 options to increase...
Marc Goldwein on You Don't Have to Yell Podcast Discussing Debt Ceiling
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director Marc Goldwein recently appeared on the "You Don't Have to...
Net Interest Payments Topped $475 Billion in FY 2022
One of the main reasons to be concerned about our high and rising national debt is the growing size of interest payments needed to service it. In...
Biden IDR Plan Will Cost More than Advertised
Last month, the Biden Administration put forward a proposed rule to unilaterally expand the Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) program for student debt. In...
Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2023 Introduced in the Senate
Last week, Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and a bipartisan group of nine additional senators reintroduced the Prevent...
The 2022 U.S. Economy in Ten Charts
In economic history, 2022 will be remembered for high and rising inflation and rising interest rates in response. While high inflation dominated the...
Marc Goldwein: Here are realistic goals for Congress to get a grip on national debt
Marc Goldwein is senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion...
CBO's Budget Options to Improve Trust Fund Solvency
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently published its latest Options for Reducing the Deficit reports, outlining 76 policy options across two...
CBO: Only a Decade Until Social Security Insolvency
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released detailed Social Security projections finding that the trust funds are headed for insolvency by...
New Study Finds Student Loan Pause is Regressive
A recent analysis by Diego Briones, Sarah Turner, and Eileen Powell of the University of Virginia found that the current student loan payment pause...
Upcoming Congressional Fiscal Policy Deadlines
Updated 1/18/2023: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent a letter to Congressional leaders late last week with updated deadlines for action on the debt...