Blog Posts
Dec 11, 2023
10 Charts that Show How the United States Failed to Improve Its Fiscal Outlook in 2023
The end of 2023 marks another year that the country has failed to improve its daunting fiscal outlook.
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Blog Posts
Jul 6, 2021
Spending on Medicaid Spiked Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has caused federal spending on Medicaid to rise sharply as millions of Americans seek benefits under the program.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2021/07/spending-on-medicaid-spiked-due-to-the-coronavirus-pandemic
Explainers
Mar 14, 2024
Budget Basics: What Is Sequestration?
Sequestration is a budget procedure used by lawmakers to cancel or limit funding in order to meet budget goals.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/budget-basics-what-is-sequestration
Explainers
Feb 21, 2024
What Is the Earned Income Tax Credit?
The earned income tax credit (EITC) is a measure administered through the tax code to address poverty.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/what-is-the-earned-income-tax-credit
Blog Posts
Jul 26, 2017
Five Things You May Not Know about Medicaid
There's ongoing discussion in Washington about making changes to Medicaid. Learn more about the program.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2017/07/five-things-you-probably-dont-know-about-medicaid
Blog Posts
Dec 19, 2023
Taxing the Rich Could Raise Trillions — But That Alone Won’t Fix Our Fiscal Crisis
A new paper from Manhattan Institute’s Brian Riedl examines ways to raise revenue from high-income Americans.
Programs & Projects
Mar 15, 2019
Preparing the Future Workforce: Early Care and Education Participation Among Children of Immigrants
This project seeks to understand how mobility has evolved over the course of the 20th Century to predict how it may evolve over the next 30 years. It examines neighborhood factors that affect mobility and investigates whether the historical characteristics of childhood neighborhoods affect adult outcomes. The paper includes results for children by race, gender and levels of parental income.
Blog Posts
Jan 3, 2024
Why Are Americans Paying More for Healthcare?
High healthcare spending is not necessarily a bad thing, especially if it leads to better health outcomes. However, that is not the case in the United States.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2024/01/why-are-americans-paying-more-for-healthcare
Charts
May 31, 2022
Who Benefits from Tax Expenditures Chart
The top 20 percent of income earners receive over half the value of major tax expenditures.
https://www.pgpf.org/Chart-Archive/0199_distribution_tax_expenditures
Blog Posts
Jun 2, 2022
Five Charts about the Future of Social Security and Medicare
The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports, which show that these vital programs are on an unsustainable path.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2022/06/five-charts-about-the-future-of-social-security-and-medicare