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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.
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Sep 12, 2018
What Are the Economic Costs of Child Poverty?
Child poverty reduced the size of the U.S. economy by an estimated $1 trillion dollars, or 5.4 percent of gross domestic product, in 2015, according to a new study.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2018/09/what-are-the-economic-costs-of-child-poverty
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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
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Jul 18, 2018
Student Debt Continues to Rise
Young college graduates today are entering the workforce with an unprecedented amount of student debt. How does student debt relate to the economic outlook for younger Americans and the finances of the U.S. government?
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2018/07/the-facts-about-student-debt
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Apr 23, 2018
A Look at the Foreign-Born Labor Force in the United States
Understanding the United States’ changing labor force can be a key part of understanding larger trends in the overall economy. Here are key characteristics of the foreign-born population and how they compare to the native-born population.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2018/06/the-foreign-born-labor-force-of-the-united-states
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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
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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