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Mar 29, 2019
How Do Marginal Income Tax Rates Work — and What if We Increased Them?
Some lawmakers favor substantial increases to marginal tax rates. Let’s look at how marginal tax rates and brackets work.
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Apr 2, 2019
Growing Healthcare Costs in the U.S.
Total U.S. health spending (public and private) is projected to rise to nearly one-fifth of the economy by 2025.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0056_health-care-costs-proj
Charts
Apr 3, 2019
Where taxes came from in 2018
The federal government collects revenue from a variety of sources.
Charts
Apr 3, 2019
Out-of-Pocket Spending on Healthcare Is Declining
Consumer out-of-pocket spending is declining as a share of national health spending.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0090_outofpocket_spending
Explainers
Apr 12, 2019
Budget Basics: Who Pays Taxes?
The fairness of our federal tax system is a hotly debated issue. Too often, however, those debates confuse or misrepresent important facts because they focus on one type of tax in isolation rather than the various taxes that people face in aggregate.
Blog Posts
Apr 15, 2019
Six of the Largest Tax Breaks Explained
Tax breaks totaled nearly $1.5 trillion in 2018. To put that in perspective, that’s more than the government spends on Social Security, Medicare, or defense.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2019/04/Six-of-the-Largest-Tax-Breaks-Explained
Press Releases & Statements
Apr 22, 2019
Peterson Foundation on Social Security, Medicare Trustees Reports: Doing Nothing Today Means Cuts Tomorrow
The latest trustees reports make clear that Social Security and Medicare beneficiaries face substantial cuts in the near future unless policymakers take action to make these vital programs solvent.
Blog Posts
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
Charts
Apr 25, 2019
Sources of Medicare Financing
General revenue — not the Medicare payroll tax — is now the largest source of Medicare’s financing.
Explainers
Apr 30, 2019
Budget Basics: Medicare
Medicare is an essential health insurance program serving millions of Americans, and a major part of the federal budget and our fiscal outlook.