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Apr 24, 2020
Social Security and Medicare Faced Serious Shortfalls Even Before the Coronavirus
Social Security and Medicare are facing serious financial difficulty in the near future.
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Apr 20, 2020
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/2020/04/why-are-americans-paying-more-for-healthcare
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Mar 20, 2020
Why the American Healthcare System Underperforms
Healthcare in the United States is very expensive — but we don’t get what we pay for.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2020/03/why-the-american-healthcare-system-underperforms
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Feb 28, 2020
Millions Gained Healthcare Coverage under Obamacare, But That Trend Is Reversing
The proportion of the population who are uninsured began increasing in 2017.
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Nov 14, 2019
Why are Prescription Drug Prices Rising and How Do They Affect the U.S. Fiscal Outlook?
The rising cost of prescription drugs is a key driver of overall healthcare spending in the U.S. This trend has significant implications not only for Americans who rely on medications, but also for our nation’s budget and fiscal outlook.
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May 1, 2019
Healthcare Costs for Americans Projected to Grow at an Alarmingly High Rate
Overall healthcare costs — including all private and public spending — are anticipated to rise by an average of 5.5 percent per year over the next decade.
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Apr 23, 2019
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/2019/04/five-charts-about-the-future-of-social-security-and-medicare
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Dec 17, 2018
9 Charts That Show How Our Fiscal Outlook Has Gone from Bad to Worse
Significant damage was done to America’s fiscal outlook over the past year.
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Nov 29, 2018
What Is the National Debt Costing Us?
Programs that millions of Americans depend on and care about may be feeling a squeeze from interest costs on our high and rising national debt.
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Nov 13, 2018
The Lame-Duck Congress and the 116th Congress Have Some Key Fiscal Issues on their Agenda
The dust has barely settled on the midterm elections, but there are a number of key fiscal issues not only facing the current Congress in coming weeks, but also awaiting the new Congress, which will convene in early 2019.