Even Progressives Now Worry About the Federal Debt
Long a focus of conservatives, the level of public borrowing is starting to concern left-leaning economists. Proposed ...
'Nothing Is off the Table' for DOGE Cuts—Even Medicaid, TD Bank Predicts
The new Department of Government Efficiency can't go after Medicare or Social Security. That leaves Medicaid in a vulnerable ...
Cutting Medicaid, Taxing Scholarships and Killing Invasive Plants: A Guide to the G.O.P. Wishlist
Chief among congressional Republicans’ priorities is an extension of the 2017 tax law, most of which is set to expire at the ...
Column: Improve health by increasing state Medicaid payments
Virginia has an opportunity to improve residents’ health by increasing Medicaid payments to primary care physicians, ODU ...
Congress Can Rein In Medicaid Spending
By scrapping Biden-era rules, lawmakers can tame a projected $817 billion in federal expenditures over the coming decade.
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Judge temporarily blocks Trump from freezing federal grants; Democrats say freeze hit Medicaid
A judge has postponed a Trump administration pause on grant, loan and other financial assistance programs at the Office of ...
Federal budget deficit expected to soar to $2.7 trillion in 2035, highlighting pressure on GOP
As congressional Republicans struggle to keep deficits in check while extending their sweeping 2017 tax cuts, the ...
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Why many Republicans think shrinking Medicaid will make it better
The ideas being proposed could amount to more than $2 trillion of cuts to the countrys public health insurance program for ...
New budget projections show US hitting debt record in 4 years: CBO
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its latest 10-year budget outlook, which projected the U.S. is on track ...
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The Budget Baseline as Trump 2.0 Begins
A new forecast from the Congressional Budget Office reveals the scale of the fiscal challenge that the second Trump administration has inherited from its predecessors. Amid much talk about the problem ...
House Budget Republicans eye more than 200 spending cuts, tax changes for major bill
Republicans on the House Budget Committee are considering more than 200 potential budget cuts, tax breaks, tariffs and ...
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Congressional Budget Office Offers Dire Warning About Annual Deficits Dwarfing GDP
The Congressional Budget Office says that the amount of federal ... levels will rise as increases in spending on Social Security, Medicare and interest payments outpace growth in revenues.