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Sep 9, 2009
Health Care Bill: Coverage Gain, Fiscal Pain
A mixed picture emerges from a new study commissioned by the Peter G.Peterson Foundation on America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 (H.R. 3200).
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2009/09/health-care-bill-coverage-gain-fiscal-pain
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Dec 14, 2009
PGPF Discusses Study Comparing Long-Term Costs of Current Health Care Legislation
The study examines the most recent version of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the House-passed Affordable Health Care for America Act, and it provides the first long-term comparative analysis of the costs of the House and Senate health care reform legislation.
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Mar 1, 2012
Budget Basics: The Elements
Controlling our structural budget deficits will require major changes in budget policy.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/state-of-the-unions-finances/the-elements
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Sep 25, 2012
Issues in Brief: Who Benefits From Medicaid?
Most Medicaid dollars are spent on disabled and elderly beneficiaries, whose incomes and financial resources are low enough to qualify for the program.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/who-benefits-from-medicaid
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Sep 28, 2013
Budget Basics: Healthcare Primer
The United States healthcare system is the most expensive in the world, and our healthcare costs are projected to keep rising. Despite these high costs, our health outcomes are generally no better than those of our peers, and in some cases are worse.
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Dec 21, 2016
Budget Basics: Medicaid
This budget explainer describes what Medicaid is, how it is financed, and who benefits from it.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/budget-explainer-medicaid
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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.
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Feb 4, 2020
Peterson Foundation Statement Ahead of President’s State of the Union Address
“By any measure, the state of the Union’s fiscal outlook is unsustainable, and getting worse,” said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.