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Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Healthcare in the United States?

By briteweb | December 11, 2025

The United States has one of the largest and most complex healthcare systems in the world. Take our healthcare quiz to see how much you know about the cost and quality of the U.S. healthcare system.

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How Did the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Change Tax Policy?

By jcurry | December 10, 2025
OBBBA signing

See how OBBBA restructured the tax landscape across four major areas: individual tax provisions, business tax provisions, energy tax credits, and health-related tax changes.

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How Did the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Affect Federal Spending?

By jcurry | December 10, 2025
OBBBA signing

Overall, the OBBBA adds significantly to the nation’s debt, but the act contains net spending cuts that lessen that impact.

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How Did the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Change Healthcare Policy?

By jcurry | December 10, 2025
Nurses

The OBBBA adds significantly to the nation’s debt, but its healthcare provisions lessen that impact by $1.0 trillion.

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What Types of Securities Does the Treasury Issue?

By briteweb | December 4, 2025
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Learn about the different types of Treasury securities issued to the public as well as trends in interest rates and maturity terms.

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What Is the Disaster Relief Fund?

By briteweb | November 18, 2025
Powerful Winds Fuel Multiple Fires Across Los Angeles Area

Natural disasters are becoming increasingly frequent, endangering lives and extracting a significant fiscal and economic cost.

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Infographic: U.S. Healthcare Spending

By briteweb | November 17, 2025

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.

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How Much Does the Government Spend on International Affairs?

By briteweb | November 14, 2025
An aid worker distributes measured portions of yellow lentils

Federal spending for international affairs, which supports American diplomacy and development aid, is a small portion of the U.S. budget.

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Can We Raise the Retirement Age and Protect Vulnerable Workers?

By briteweb | November 13, 2025
Retiree

Some policy options aim to protect economically vulnerable workers or those who are unable to delay retirement because they work in physically demanding occupations.

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A Brief History of U.S. Government Shutdowns

By briteweb | November 13, 2025

Government shutdowns (and the threat of them) are a recent phenomenon and something other developed countries don’t contend with.

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