Topic: United States federal budget

With most Americans recently submitting their income tax filings, it’s an opportune time to review where exactly those tax dollars go in the federal budget these days. Spoiler: It’s mostly […]

Washington’s biggest fiscal problem isn’t hard to see—it’s that the fastest-growing costs are also the hardest for Congress to confront.

Expiring healthcare subsidies account for only a 4% increase in average healthcare premiums in 2026.

The budget year that begins July 1 will be the third straight with no “bond package,” as that section is typically called.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump hold their first presidential debate in Atlanta this week.

It’s clear that Washington will remain a long way from being fiscally responsible no matter how the debt ceiling standoff is resolved.

Going backward isn’t going forward. But most important is what comes next, and whether we’ve learned from what’s already taken place.

Inflation fears are making headlines, and rightly so. The U.S. Labor Department reports year-over-year consumer prices rose 5% in May, the fastest rate in almost 13 years. This is the […]

Medical Monday: A weekly post of healthcare- and technology-related policy news, views and commentaries. States have waiting for Georgia’s innovative Medicaid 1115 waiver to take effect and lead the exodus […]

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “U.S. debt has reached its highest level compared to the size of the economy since World War II and is projected to exceed it next […]