Aug 30, 2019 | Health Care
How to Reduce Health Costs By $900 Billion
There is no single magic bullet to rein in the high cost of health care for households, businesses, and governments. But lawmakers are currently...
Blog | August 2019
Welcome to our blog – The Bottom Line, where you’ll find up-to-date commentary and analysis on the most important news in the fiscal world. Below is a list of our blog posts.
Aug 29, 2019 | Economics
Maya MacGuineas: With a growing debt, a fiscally responsible blueprint is needed to handle the next recession
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an...
Aug 21, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
New CBO Budget Projections Show Toll of Budget-Busting Legislation
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its latest baseline, projecting high and rising debt made worse by recent legislation. CBO...
Aug 19, 2019 | Taxes
How Much Would a Payroll Tax Holiday Cost?
Update 8/20/19: While speaking in the Oval Office, President Trump confirmed that a payroll tax cut and indexing capital gains were under discussion...
Aug 15, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
Where Does the Budget Stand Compared to Historical Averages?
Recently, there has been a lot of discussion over whether the country has a revenue problem or a spending problem. While there is no way to...
Aug 7, 2019 | Other Spending
Was a "No" Vote on the Budget Deal a Vote for "More Spending"?
In support of the $1.7 trillion Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 (BBA19), Senator David Perdue (R-GA) gave a floor speech and penned an op-ed arguing...
Aug 7, 2019 | Health Care
Senate Finance Prescription Drug Bill Would Reduce Deficits by $100 Billion
The Senate Finance Committee recently approved by a 19-9 vote a prescription drug bill, the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act, that the...