Jan 10, 2017 | Health Care
Repeal and Delay Shouldn't Increase Near-Term Deficits
Last week, we estimated that repealing the Affordable Care Act's ("Obamacare" or "ACA") revenue and coverage provisions would...
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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.
Jan 6, 2017 | Health Care
Full Repeal of Obamacare Would Hasten Medicare's Insolvency
Earlier this week, we released a report estimating the cost full repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, and the savings...
Jan 5, 2017 | Health Care
Different Approaches to ACA Repeal have Different Costs and/or Savings
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote an op-ed that appeared in the Wall Street Journal Washington Wire...
Jan 5, 2017 | Health Care
Video: Cost of Repealing the Affordable Care Act
Newsy 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...
Jan 3, 2017 | Health Care
Chairman Enzi Introduces FY 2017 Budget Resolution Providing for ACA Repeal in Senate
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) introduced a budget resolution for fiscal year (FY) 2017 today narrowly focused on repealing the...
Jan 3, 2017 | Taxes
Lowering the Bar for "Revenue Neutral" Tax Reform
One of the key questions of comprehensive tax reform will be its budgetary target. Congressional leaders have set a revenue-neutral target,...
Dec 26, 2016
2016 Fiscal Follies and Reasons for Hope
As 2016 comes to a close, it’s time to look back at the top fiscal developments of the year.
Being optimists here at the Committee for a...
Dec 22, 2016 | Budget Process
Event Recap: Gene Steuerle Explains How the Budget Offices Can Reframe Our Long-Term Budget Problems
At the Savings and Retirement Foundation’s December meeting, Gene Steuerle, Urban Institute Fellow and CRFB Board Member, presented his recent paper...
Dec 22, 2016 | Social Security
CBO Releases Additional Details on Social Security Projections
CBO'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...
Can Delaney Provide a Bipartisan Way Forward for Infrastructure and Tax Reform?
As discussions about President-elect Trump's first 100 days agenda continue, Representative John Delaney (D-MD) is suggesting that a bill he...