Committee for a Responsible Federal BudgetOpinion

An Employer Compensation Tax for Social Security and Medicare

The Social Security retirement and Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) trust funds are approaching insolvency, with both trust ...
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

CBO Estimates 2025 Deficit Totaled $1.8 Trillion

The federal budget deficit totaled $1.8 trillion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, based on estimates from the Congressiona ...
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Maya MacGuineas and John Kasich Discuss the National Debt

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas recently joined John Kasich, former Congressman and Governor of Ohio and a member of the Committee, on the first episode of the ...
Opinion
Committee for a Responsible Federal BudgetOpinion

Reopen the Government Without Adding More Debt

It’s past time for Congress and the White House to do their job and reopen the federal government, putting an end to this latest example of Washington dysfunction.
Opinion
Committee for a Responsible Federal BudgetOpinion

Court Blocks CMS Ability to Recover Overpayments from Medicare Advantage

The RADV program is a tool CMS uses to identify and recover overpayments to MA. Only a few months ago, CMS touted its commitment to beefing up this program, leveraging the 2023 final rule. Through ...