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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.
Watch Live: Committee President Maya MacGuineas Testifies on Saving Social Security
On June 9 at 11 am EDT, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas will testify before the Senate Budget Committee on saving...
Event Recap: What's New in the 2022 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports?
On June 6, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted "What's New in the 2022 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports?". The event...
Medicare at 60 Costs $155 Billion, According to CBO
Earlier this month, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on the budgetary effects of lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 60...
Trustees: Social Security and Medicare Headed for Insolvency in 13 and 6 Years
The Social Security and Medicare Trustees just released their 2022 reports on the financial status of the Social Security and Medicare programs. The...
CBO Updates Major Trust Fund Baselines
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) updated its projections last week on the financial status of the major trust funds for Medicare Hospital...
Rumored Student Loan Cancellation Would Cost $230 Billion
Press reports indicate that President Biden could soon announce a plan to cancel at least $10,000 in debt for the vast majority of student loan...
Maya MacGuineas Joins C-SPAN to Discuss Deficits and the Economic Outlook
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal. She discussed the latest Budget...
Committee Co-Chair Mitch Daniels on CNBC's 'Squawk Box'
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Co-Chair Mitch Daniels, president of Purdue University and former director of the Office of Management and...
Debt Could Reach 125% of GDP With Irresponsible Actions
The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) new budget projections find that debt will reach a record 110 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ($40.2...
CBO Releases May 2022 Budget and Economic Outlook
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its May 2022 Budget and Economic Outlook, its first baseline since July 2021. Under CBO's new...
Medicare Advantage Costs Continue to Rise
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will receive an 8.5 percent payment...
Adding Up Aid to Ukraine from the U.S. and the Rest of the World
Policymakers are currently considering an additional aid package to Ukraine, with $41 billion of support split roughly evenly between military aid and...