→ Personal Savings Rate Hits New High
Personal savings rose to its highest level in 15 years in May, according to the Commerce Department. As the New York Times ...
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→ Majority of Americans Say Focus on Deficits
The latest New York Times/CBS News Poll finds a majority of Americans supporting deficit reductions rather than increased spending....
→ Youth Action Conference Held Today and Tomorrow
The Concord Coalition, a PGPF grantee, in conjunction with the Youth Entitlements Summit, is hosting a ...
→ Dave Walker on Health Care Reform: "Do No Harm"
PGPF President & CEO Dave Walker appeared this morning on CNBC’s Squawk Box to talk about the imperative for healthcare reform. “We need to...
→ CED on Healthcare Reform
The Committee for Economic Development, a PGPF grantee, has called this moment in time a "once-in-a-generation opportunity to control health-care costs, expand coverage, and improve...
→ Economist Reviews "The Education of an American Dreamer"
This week, the Economist reviewed PGPF Founder and Chairman Pete Peterson's memoir, "The Education of an American Dreamer."
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→ Getting Serious About Our Fiscal Future
As deficits hit new highs this month, the Washington Post issued a ...
→ Obama Signals Movement on Health Care
In a letter this week to Senators Kennedy and Baucus, President Obama indicated that he would support a national mandate on health insurance. In...
→ Bernanke Calls for Deficit Reductions
In testimony before the House of Representatives today, Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke urged lawmakers to reduce ballooning budget deficits. While short-term challenges are important, Bernanke said, attention must be paid to longer-term fiscal policy.
→ Regional Disparities Illuminate Healthcare Realities
In this week's New Yorker, Atul Gawande, a physician, turns a critical eye to regional disparities in the troubled American healthcare system. In comparing McAllen, Texas---one of the most expensive healthcare markets in the country--with nearby El Paso, Gawande wonders why, despite similar populations and health outcomes, McAllen's costs are so high. What he finds is a microcosm of a national trend: "the more money Medicare spent per person in a given state the lower that state's quality ranking tended to be. In fact, the four states with the highest levels of spending-Louisiana, Texas, California, and Florida-were near the bottom of the national rankings on the quality of patient care."
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