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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
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Feb 27, 2018
Analysis: The President’s FY 2019 Budget Fails to Put Us on Responsible Fiscal Path
The President’s budget reflects a dramatically worse fiscal outlook than last year’s version released just nine months ago.
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
Mar 27, 2018
Budget Process Reform: What Are Budget Caps?
There are separate limits on the amount of funding that can be provided for defense and nondefense purposes through the appropriation process.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2018/03/budget-process-reform-what-are-budget-caps
Blog Posts
Mar 29, 2018
How Tax Cuts Are Affecting Revenues and Rates
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will lower revenues significantly and made changes to both tax rates and bracket widths.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2018/03/how-tax-cuts-are-affecting-revenues-and-rates
Blog Posts
Apr 3, 2018
The National Debt Grew by $1 Trillion in Just Six Months
On March 15, 2018 the federal government passed an unfortunate milestone: $21 trillion dollars in gross federal debt.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2018/04/the-national-debt-grew-by-1-trillion-in-just-six-months
Blog Posts
Apr 9, 2018
A Return to Trillion Dollar Deficits
CBO reports that the fiscal outlook is dramatically worse than it was last year, primarily due to the fiscally irresponsible tax legislation and budget deal that were enacted within the past few months.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2018/04/a-return-to-trillion-dollar-deficits
Analysis
Apr 13, 2018
CBO Report Outlines Dramatically Worse Fiscal Outlook
CBO projects that, on our current path, the deficit will reach nearly $1 trillion next year and will total $12.4 trillion over the ten-year period from 2019–2028.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2018/04/cbo-report-outlines-dramatically-worse-fiscal-outlook
Blog Posts
Apr 23, 2018
President Trump’s Infrastructure Plan: A Closer Look
Economists generally agree that public investment in infrastructure has a positive effect on productivity, and therefore on gross domestic product.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2018/04/president-trumps-infrastructure-plan-a-closer-look
Blog Posts
Apr 23, 2018
The Two Reasons Long-Term Economic Growth Will Slow
While the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 will likely boost economic growth in the near term, the effects of the legislation are temporary.