The Heritage Foundation

New CBO Budget Baseline Shows Entitlement Spending Imperiling Deficit Reduction Goals

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its annual ten-year budget baseline today. The CBO provided two different baselines: one incorporating realistic assumptions and one with the unrealistic ...
The Heritage Foundation

New CBO Budget Baseline Shows Entitlements Driving Budget Deficits Higher

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO)'s new 10-year baseline shows steep Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid spending costs driving the budget deficit upwards. The published CBO baseline shows ...
Health Affairs

The CSR Saga: An Appropriation That Really Would Lower Spending And An Incorrect Baseline’s Perverse Effects

Should Congress pass legislation to restore payments to health insurers that the President derided as "bailouts" just five months ago? If it did so, would the legislation increase or decrease overall ...