Even assuming the extension only goes three years, we estimate this bill would add $300 billion to deficits. If the temporary subsidies are made permanent, we could be talking well over half a ...

With the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced subsidies set to expire soon, several policymakers have proposed plans to extend the enhancements. You can read more about the ACA subsidies here. We ...

Updated projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) show that tariffs enacted this year will reduce debt ...

Lawmakers should ensure that any extension of the enhanced ACA subsidies is not only fully paid for, but also reduces ...

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) has updated its interactive online Social Security solvency tool, the ...

But earlier this year, the Social Security trustees issued a dire wake-up call: they project that the trust fund that allows the program to currently pay full promised benefits will be exhausted in ...

Find the latest analysis and findings on Trust Fund Solutions from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

The national debt is on course to reach a record share of the economy under the next presidential administration, due in part to policies approved by Presidents Trump and Biden during their time in ...

In 2001, the federal government ran a $128 billion budget surplus and was projected to pay off the national debt by 2009. Since then, the government has borrowed an additional $23 trillion, bringing ...

The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports today on the financial status of the programs. The Trustees find that both Social Security and Medicare are within a decade of ...

Social Security is rapidly approaching insolvency. The retirement trust fund is seven years from exhaustion, and the theoretically combined trust funds are nine years from running out. Without ...