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Repeal and Delay Shouldn't Increase Near-Term Deficits
Read moreLast week, we estimated that repealing the Affordable Care Act's ("Obamacare" or "ACA") revenue and coverage provisions would save about $750 billion... -
A Long-Term Budget for Entitlements and Required Revenues
Read moreby Stuart Butler and Maya MacGuineas This paper represents a joint project of the Brookings Institution and Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget... -
Budget Reconciliation Shouldn't Add to Deficit
Read moreSenator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) has filed an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2017 budget resolution being considered in the Senate that would restore the... -
Full Repeal of Obamacare Would Hasten Medicare's Insolvency
Read moreEarlier this week, we released a report estimating the cost full repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, and the savings... -
Different Approaches to ACA Repeal have Different Costs and/or Savings
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote an op-ed that appeared in the Wall Street Journal Washington Wire... -
Video: Cost of Repealing the Affordable Care Act
Read moreNewsy Newslook made a handy video for USA Today explaining our new report on the cost of repealing the Affordable Care Act. The report shows full... -
The Cost of Full Repeal of the Affordable Care Act
Read moreThe Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as “Obamacare,” includes a number of provisions to expand health care coverage, as well as several offsets... -
Chairman Enzi Introduces FY 2017 Budget Resolution Providing for ACA Repeal in Senate
Read moreSenate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) introduced a budget resolution for fiscal year (FY) 2017 today narrowly focused on repealing the... -
Lowering the Bar for "Revenue Neutral" Tax Reform
Read moreOne of the key questions of comprehensive tax reform will be its budgetary target. Congressional leaders have set a revenue-neutral target, raising as... -
CBO Releases Additional Details on Social Security Projections
Read moreCBO's annual report on its long-term projections for Social Security continues to show a major shortfall for the program, even larger than the one... -
Event Recap: Gene Steuerle Explains How the Budget Offices Can Reframe Our Long-Term Budget Problems
Read moreAt the Savings and Retirement Foundation’s December meeting, Gene Steuerle, Urban Institute Fellow and CRFB Board Member, presented his recent paper,... -
Can Delaney Provide a Bipartisan Way Forward for Infrastructure and Tax Reform?
Read moreAs discussions about President-elect Trump's first 100 days agenda continue, Representative John Delaney (D-MD) is suggesting that a bill he proposed...