Healthcare Costs Are a Major Driver of the National Debt and Here’s Why
One of the largest drivers of that rising debt is federal spending on major healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid.
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One of the largest drivers of that rising debt is federal spending on major healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid.
There are many critical differences between our two nations, but are there lessons to be learned by US policymakers from the UK predicament?
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2022/10/does-uk-crisis-hold-fiscal-economic-lessons-for-us-policymakers
Social Security is the largest single federal program, and accounts for approximately one quarter of all federal spending.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/celebrating-social-securitys-80th-anniversary
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation launched the Fiscal Confidence Index to help policymakers, members of the media, and everyday Americans gauge public opinion on the nation’s fiscal and economic challenges.
https://www.pgpf.org/what-we-are-doing/education-and-awareness/fiscal-confidence-index
The research-based, inquiry-driven Understanding Fiscal Responsibility curriculum connect students to the current public policy dilemmas about the federal budget, national debt, and budget deficit that confront the United States.
https://www.pgpf.org/what-we-are-doing/grants/columbia-university-teachers-college
Find out how to take action to address our fiscal challenges and ensure we have a strong fiscal foundation and growing economy.
As campaigns for the 2018 midterm elections get underway within a rapidly changing policy environment, America’s unsustainable fiscal condition remains a transcendent threat to our collective future.
As the national debt surpasses $30 trillion, voter confidence in America’s financial situation and budget outlook tied a 7-year low, according to the Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s newest monthly index.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2022/01/fci-press-release
As a federal program, Social Security cannot be any stronger financially than the overall federal government, and looming financial problems in Social Security will have a negative impact on the Federal budget as a whole.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/the-financial-condition-of-social-security