Recent actions from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) could help reduce the estimated $1.3 trillion in Medicare Advantage (MA) overpayments projected over the next decade.
The gross national debt of the United States reached $39 trillion yesterday, according to the U.S. Treasury. The gross debt reached its previous milestone of $38 trillion in October of last year.
The Social Security retirement trust fund is projected to go insolvent in Fiscal Year (FY) 2032 under the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) new ...
As the military conflict with Iran continues, there has been increasing discussion over a possible “war supplemental” to help ...
CBO’s dynamic score of OBBBA is similar to that of other forecasters. Through FY 2034, CBO estimates the bill will increase primary deficits by $3.1 trillion and total deficits by $4.2 trillion. Other ...
The United States borrowed $1.0 trillion in the first five months of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026, including $308 billion in February, according to the latest ...
Former Senator Mark Udall, a Democrat who represented Colorado in the U.S. Senate from 2009 to 2015, and former Congressman Bob Beauprez, a Republican who represented Colorado’s 7 th District in the ...
Recessions and other economic shocks are inevitable. Although the timing and particulars of the next downturn or emergency are hard to anticipate, one can predict with certainty that another will ...
The Trump Administration is reportedly considering an executive action – at the urging of lawmakers in both the ...
In the midst of the conflict with Iran and spiking oil prices, policymakers are reportedly considering – and some have introduced – a temporary gas tax holiday to reduce the p ...
Under CBO’s latest projections, the interest rate will exceed the growth rate (R>G) starting in 2031, when both are projected to total about 3.8% on a nominal basis and 1.8% on a real basis. Over time ...
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) included important reforms to limit states’ costly use of State Directed Payments ...