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.
Marc Goldwein Discusses Potential Fiscal Crises on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal"
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget's Senior Vice President & Senior Policy Director, Marc Goldwein, joined C-SPAN's "Washington Journal"...
ACA Subsidy Extension Tracker
With the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced subsidies set to expire soon, several policymakers have proposed plans to extend the enhancements. You can...
Event Recap: Fourth Annual Health Solutions Summit
Despite a recent ice storm, over 200 people turned out for hot chocolate and health policy on January 28, 2026 for the Committee for a Responsible...
Congress Could End Government Shutdown Drama Once and For All
Government funding will expire on January 30, 2026, at which point agencies funded under six of the 12 appropriations bills currently operating under...
Bill Frist and G. William Hoagland: Reforming the reconciliation process
G. William Hoagland is Senior Vice President at the Bipartisan Policy Center and a director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He...
New Data Suggests MA Overpayments of $1.3 Trillion Over the Next Decade
Update 3/5/26: We have updated our estimate for Medicare Advantage (MA) overpayments using the most recent February 2026 CBO baseline . We now find MA...
CRFB Releases Updated Debt Fixer
We recently updated our interactive Debt Fixer tool, where users can choose between several options to make changes to the federal budget and...
Supporting Price Transparency to Reduce Health Care Costs
In their newly proposed Great Healthcare Plan, the Trump Administration calls for “maximizing price transparency.” This builds on recent efforts from...
Assessing FY 2026 Appropriations
Without further appropriations, the federal government faces a partial government shutdown on January 30 as the continuing resolution (CR) funding...
White House Releases "Great Healthcare Plan"
Today, the Trump Administration released the Great Healthcare Plan, a legislative framework designed to lower health care costs and address the...
Washington Post Highlights 3% of GDP Deficit Resolution
The Washington Post’s Editorial Board recently published a piece applauding the introduction of a new resolution calling for a 3% of Gross Domestic...
Lawmakers Call for a Bipartisan Fiscal Commission
The Problem Solvers Caucus (PSC) announced its Fiscal Stability Framework last week, which sounds the alarm about the national debt, endorses two...