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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.
Infographics
May 29, 2014
2014 Social Security & Medicare Trustees Reports
The 2014 Trustees Reports make clear that essential programs, like Social Security and Medicare, are on an unsustainable path.
https://www.pgpf.org/infographic/2014-social-security-medicare-trustees-reports
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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
Infographics
Oct 10, 2018
Infographic: U.S. Healthcare Spending
Improving our healthcare system to deliver better quality care at lower cost is critically important to our nation’s long-term economic and fiscal well-being.
https://www.pgpf.org/infographic/infographic-us-healthcare-spending
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Apr 30, 2019
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.
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Finding Solutions: Healthcare
Learn why healthcare costs are increasing, how Medicare and Medicaid affect the total costs, and some options for lowering the costs while improving outcomes
Infographics
May 7, 2020
Nearly 7 in 10 Americans Say Their Incomes Have Taken a Hit from the Pandemic
The latest Financial Times-Peterson Foundation US Economic Monitor reveals that the coronavirus pandemic is financially impacting the vast majority of Americans, and there is broad-based support for federal response measures.