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.
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Appropriations Watch: FY 2027
Updated 9/3/2026: On September 1, the House passed a continuing resolution (CR) funding the government through December 11, which President Trump...
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Medicaid Could Save from Most-Favored-Nation Drug Pricing, but the Amount is Uncertain
A group of researchers recently estimated that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed Generating Cost Reductions for US Medicaid...
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New Analysis Shows Social Security Benefit Taxation Raises Important Revenue
Last week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new report analyzing the current system of taxing Social Security benefits. This is...
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What's in the Senate's FY 2027 Budget Resolution?
The Senate Budget Committee released its fiscal year (FY) 2027 budget resolution earlier this month. Most significantly, the resolution would...
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McKenzie Plan Offers Trust Fund Solutions to Social Security’s Finances
A recent Dallas Morning News op-ed by Pulitzer-winning journalist William McKenzie called on lawmakers to reduce federal deficits to 3% of Gross...
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Senators Cassidy and Durbin Urge Bipartisan Process to Save Social Security
Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) published an op-ed in The Washington Examiner today urging Congress to consider a new, bipartisan...
Social Security Retirees Receive Far More Than They Paid In
With Social Security only 6 years from insolvency, one impediment to the enactment of thoughtful solutions is the myth that Social Security benefits...
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Paying the Cost of GLP-1s
GLP-1s, or the glucagon-like peptide-1 class of drugs, have attracted widespread public attention for their significant weight-loss results and...
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New Paper Looks at Changing Foreign Demand for U.S. Debt
In a working paper, The United States and Its Creditors: Assessing Foreign Demand for U.S. Assets, from the Brookings Institution’s Hutchins Center on...
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New Polling Reveals Bipartisan Support for Social Security Reform
There is broad, bipartisan support for balanced reforms that restore Social Security to solvency, according to the latest set of survey results from...
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Three Reasons to Worry About Rising Treasuries
Interest rates on U.S. Treasury bonds recently rose to levels not seen in decades. A recent 30-year Treasury auction ended with yields at over 5.2% –...
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CBO Analysis Suggests $1 Trillion in Medicare Advantage Overpayments
A recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis projects that the federal government will pay between 5% and 10% more for Medicare Advantage (MA)...