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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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Blog Posts
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.
Blog Posts
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.
Infographics
Oct 10, 2018
Infographic: U.S. Healthcare Spending
Improving our healthcare system to deliver better quality care at lower cost is critically important to our nation’s long-term economic and fiscal well-being.
https://www.pgpf.org/infographic/infographic-us-healthcare-spending
Blog Posts
Sep 4, 2018
How Will the Rising Cost of Prescription Drugs Affect Medicare?
The rising costs of prescription drugs and their effect on Medicare could have serious consequences on our healthcare system and our nation’s long-term fiscal well-being.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2018/09/how-will-the-rising-cost-of-prescription-drugs-affect-medicare
Analysis
Jul 9, 2018
Trustees: Funding Challenges Threaten Medicare’s Future
Medicare faces significant financial challenges in future years because of rising healthcare spending and an aging population.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2018/07/trustees-funding-challenges-threaten-medicares-future
Analysis
Jun 22, 2018
CBO: Percent of Uninsured Rose Last Year for the First Time Since 2010
CBO estimates that in 2017 the number of uninsured people under age 65 rose by 1 million people and they anticipate the total to rise by another million people this year.
Blog Posts
Mar 1, 2018
Who Will Be Affected By Medicaid Work Requirements?
Proposed work requirements would be a major change in the way that Medicaid works, and would have important implications for the program, its beneficiaries, and the federal budget.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2018/03/who-will-be-affected-by-medicaid-work-requirements
Blog Posts
Jan 23, 2018
Three Key Things to Know about CHIP
What is the Children’s Health Insurance Program? How it is financed? Who benefits from it?
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2017/12/three-key-things-to-know-about-chip
Events
Oct 26, 2017
A Conversation with Atul Gwande
Atul Gawande joined Michael Peterson on stage for an impromptu one-on-one conver- sation about how healthcare delivery reform can help reduce costs and improve quality of care.