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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
Explainers
May 27, 2015
Budget Basics: More Stop-and-Go Financing of Highway Trust Fund
The lack of a long-term solution for federal funding for transportation creates uncertainty, which is disruptive for the planning of construction projects.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/more-stop-and-go-financing-of-highway-trust-fund
Explainers
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
Explainers
Jun 27, 2018
The Highway Trust Fund Explained
Although the need for serious, long-term changes to the funding structure of the Highway Trust Fund is clear, there is disagreement over the approach to do so.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/budget-explainer-highway-trust-fund
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.