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Jul 29, 2020

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.


https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/medicare

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Jul 10, 2020

Payroll Taxes: What Are They and What Do They Fund?

Most working Americans are subject to payroll taxes, which are usually deducted automatically from an employee’s paycheck. Employers are also often subject to these types of taxes.


https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/budget-explainer-payroll-taxes

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Jul 9, 2020

OECD statutory corporate rates

Following the 2017 tax reform, the federal statutory corporate tax rate in the United States is now more in line with many other OECD countries.


https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0273_statutory_corporate_income_tax_rates

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Jul 8, 2020

Health Outcomes Compared to Healthcare Spending

Despite higher healthcare spending per capita, the U.S. generally does not have better health outcomes.


https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0252_health_outcomes_spending

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Jul 7, 2020

Healthcare Spending: International Comparison

Healthcare expenditures in the U.S. are much higher than those of other developed countries.


https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0170_international_health_spending_comparison

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Jul 7, 2020

U.S. Life Expectancy Is Lower Than Other Developed Countries

Life expectancy at birth in the United States is lower than in other developed countries, despite higher healthcare costs.


https://www.pgpf.org/Chart-Archive/0201_us_lifeexpectancy_low_despite_cost

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Jul 7, 2020

International Ranking — Health Outcomes

Although the United States spends more on healthcare than other developed countries, its health outcomes are generally no better.


https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0011_health-outcomes

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Jul 7, 2020

Per Capita Healthcare Costs — International Comparison

United States per capita healthcare spending is nearly three times the average of other developed countries.


https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0006_health-care-oecd

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Jun 16, 2020

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.


https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/who-pays-taxes

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Jun 12, 2020

What Are Estate and Gift Taxes and How Do They Work?

Estate and gift taxes are levied on the transfer of assets. Two areas of the tax code that are relatively small in dollar terms, but can generate a significant amount of attention and even controversy in the broader conversation about wealth.


https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/what-are-estate-and-gift-taxes-and-how-do-they-work