Budget Projections
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Does the Health Care Bill Cost More Than We Thought?
Read moreLast week the Office of the Medicare Chief Actuary came out with their " Estimated Effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," as...
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Chairman's Mark Reduces Deficit More Than President's Budget
Read moreYesterday the Senate Budget Committee chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) released some highlights of his FY2011 budget blueprint, or Chairman's Mark...
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Public Pension Systems: Avoiding the Hard Choices?
Read moreAt the Bottom Line we often complain about government officials avoiding hard fiscal choices because of the political difficulty involved. At the...
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Six Months Down: CBO Monthly Budget Review Estimates $714 billion deficit in FY 2010 Thus Far
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office issued its Monthly Budget Review yesterday. It estimates that the federal government incurred a deficit of $714...
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Revenues and Outlays under the President's Budget
Read moreCRFB has talked a lot about deficit and debt projections over the coming decade, and beyond. CBO's analysis of the President's FY 2011 budget shows us...
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The Costs of Current Policies
Read moreThis morning, we released our review of CBO's Analysis of the President's Budget, which discusses the budget implications of the President's FY 2011...
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Gimmick, Responsible Budgeting, or Something in Between?
Read moreThere has been a great deal of discussion about certain parts of the health care bill and whether or not they constitute budget gimmickry (see here...
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Comparing Health Care Reform Bills (Updated Charts and Interactive Graphs)
Read moreCRFB has yet again updated its health care comparison chart -- as well as its interactive shareable graphs -- in light of CBO's latest score of the...
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Health Bill Increases Discretionary Spending by At Least $65-$75 billion
Read moreWhen we have discussed health care reform, in the past, we have charted and graphed the effects of the bills on direct spending (general mandatory...
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Costs of Policy Changes under President's Budget
Read moreCRFB has updated its comparisons of the costs of the President's proposed policies -- outlined in the President's FY 2011 Budget -- incorporating new...
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States Face Huge Unfunded Liabilities in Their Pension Plans
Read moreOn Tuesday, March 9, the New York Times reported about how state and local pension funds are changing their investment strategies to improve their...
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More Analysis of the President's Budget
Read moreOn Friday, the Congressional Budget Office released its Preliminary Analysis of the President’s Budget. (Last week we offered a few graphs and a short...