The Current Federal Deficit and Debt
Every month the U.S. Treasury releases data on the federal budget, including the current deficit. Here is the latest data for Fiscal Year 2020, charted out monthly and on a year-over-year basis.
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Every month the U.S. Treasury releases data on the federal budget, including the current deficit. Here is the latest data for Fiscal Year 2020, charted out monthly and on a year-over-year basis.
Take our quiz to see how much you really know about how revenues are collected and federal funds are spent.
https://www.pgpf.org/quiz/how-much-do-you-know-about-the-federal-budget
Every year the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees issue reports on the fiscal health of these vital programs.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/social-security-medicare-trustees-reports
Medicare faces significant financial challenges in future years because of rising healthcare spending and an aging population.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2019/04/trustees-funding-challenges-threaten-medicare%E2%80%99s-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
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.
To help better inform the current debate over tax reform, the Tax Policy Center (with a grant from the Peterson Foundation) put real numbers behind different scenarios for tax reform that are both distributionally neutral and fiscally responsible.
Reform that eliminates virtually all tax expenditures allows for rates to be lowered significantly.
Washington is debating tax reform. There’s talk of substantial tax cuts that would give trillions of dollars back to American taxpayers. That might sound great to some. But if Congress doesn’t find a way to pay for those tax cuts, future generations will be stuck with the bill.
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.