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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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Oct 4, 2012

Who Pays For Medicare? | Issues in Brief

Who Pays For Medicare?


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

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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.


https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/healthcare-primer

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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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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

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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

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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.


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