The Medicaid program provides health insurance to roughly 70 million lower-income Americans and is jointly financed by states and the federal government. 1 The federal government covers about 65% of...
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. She recently wrote an opinion piece for the Kansas City Star, an excerpt of which is below. More than 70 million...
As lawmakers begin discussions over advancing a third budget reconciliation bill in the 119 th Congress, they should keep focus on the country’s massive deficits and debt, along with real concerns...