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Appropriations Watch: FY 2027
Read moreUpdated 9/3/2026: On September 1, the House passed a continuing resolution (CR) funding the government through December 11, which President Trump... -
Medicaid Could Save from Most-Favored-Nation Drug Pricing, but the Amount is Uncertain
Read moreA group of researchers recently estimated that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed Generating Cost Reductions for US Medicaid... -
New Analysis Shows Social Security Benefit Taxation Raises Important Revenue
Read moreLast week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new report analyzing the current system of taxing Social Security benefits. This is... -
What's in the Senate's FY 2027 Budget Resolution?
Read moreThe Senate Budget Committee released its fiscal year (FY) 2027 budget resolution earlier this month. Most significantly, the resolution would... -
Improving Accountability in Medicaid Medical Loss Ratios
Read moreManaged care organizations (MCOs) – private insurance plans that operate the program under contract from the state – enroll over three quarters of the... -
McKenzie Plan Offers Trust Fund Solutions to Social Security’s Finances
Read moreA recent Dallas Morning News op-ed by Pulitzer-winning journalist William McKenzie called on lawmakers to reduce federal deficits to 3% of Gross... -
Senators Cassidy and Durbin Urge Bipartisan Process to Save Social Security
Read moreSenators 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... -
Paying the Cost of GLP-1s
Read moreGLP-1s, or the glucagon-like peptide-1 class of drugs, have attracted widespread public attention for their significant weight-loss results and... -
Social Security Retirees Receive Far More Than They Paid In
Read moreWith Social Security only 6 years from insolvency, one impediment to the enactment of thoughtful solutions is the myth that Social Security benefits... -
Seven Ideas to Help the Administration Achieve Fiscal Consolidation
Read moreTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent last week said the Trump Administration will announce an “increased focus on fiscal consolidation,” including a slate... -
New Paper Looks at Changing Foreign Demand for U.S. Debt
Read moreIn a working paper, The United States and Its Creditors: Assessing Foreign Demand for U.S. Assets, from the Brookings Institution’s Hutchins Center on... -
New Polling Reveals Bipartisan Support for Social Security Reform
Read moreThere is broad, bipartisan support for balanced reforms that restore Social Security to solvency, according to the latest set of survey results from...