Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
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Newly Updated Charts Comparing Health Care Reform Bills
With new legislation recently released and estimated in the Senate, US BudgetWatch has updated the health care comparison charts and graphs. In this...
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Evaluating Health Care Plans
Building on Comparing Health Care Plans, this paper goes beyond simply describing the Senate HELP bill, the House Tri-Committee bill, and the amended...
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Comparing Health Care Plans: A Guide to Reform Proposals
While there is broad agreement that health reform is necessary, there is little consensus on what changes are needed. To help the public understand...
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Deficit Reduction: Lessons from Around the World
To provide models for U.S. policy in adopting a medium-term deficit reduction program over the next 10 years, this paper examines deficit reduction in...
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A Closer Look at the President's FY 2010 Budget Process Reform Proposals
This paper examines the Obama administration budget reform proposals and evaluates how (and if) they would improve the budget process and restore...
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Reducing the Budget Deficit Requires More Than Just Health Care Reform
Roll Call | Sept. 15, 2009 On the current path, budget deficits will exceed $9 trillion over the next decade. This calls for a dramatic shift in the...
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The Cost of "Current Policy"
The CBO recently projected a ten-year deficit of $7.1 trillion using a "current law" baseline. But these numbers may prove to be optimistic. CRFB...