Statement by PGPF on President Obama's FY2011 Budget
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation releases a statement on President Obama's FY2011 budget.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2010/02/statement-by-pgpf-on-president-obamas-fy2011-budget
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The Peter G. Peterson Foundation releases a statement on President Obama's FY2011 budget.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2010/02/statement-by-pgpf-on-president-obamas-fy2011-budget
The 114th Congress has a new opportunity to address our debt and long-term fiscal challenges, strengthen our economy, and put our nation's fiscal future on a sustainable path.
Fiscal policymakers representing the Treasury Department, other federal agencies, think tanks and Congress will face off against college students in the Budgetball Tournament on the National Mall this Sunday from 11:00am to 2:00pm ET. Players will include David Walker, former U.S. Comptroller General, and Robert Reischauer, former Director of the Congressional Budget Office.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/administration-and-congressional-teams-get-fiscal
Many factors contribute to the long-term outlook for the U.S. economy and budget, but there are two major drivers of spending: demographics and rising healthcare costs.
https://www.pgpf.org/the-fiscal-and-economic-challenge/drivers
Medicare covers over 20 percent of most healthcare services.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0092_medicare_share_costs
Medicaid finances almost one-fifth of healthcare spending in the United States.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0095_medicaid_home_health
Over the past 50 years, the share of Medicare spending on hospital expenses has declined the most while the share spent on prescription drugs has increased the most
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0089_composition_medicare_payments
Tax reform done right would promote economic growth, make our fiscal outlook more sustainable, reduce the complexity and burden of compliance, and increase the system’s transparency and fairness.