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WEBSpending on Prescription Drugs Has Been Growing Exponentially over the Past Few Decades. The growing cost of prescription drugs presents a significant …

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International Ranking — Health Outcomes

WEBThe PGPF chart pack illustrates that budget-making involves many competing priorities, limited resources, and complex issues. In this set of charts, we aim to frame …

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How Does the U.S. Healthcare System Compare to Other …

WEBThe cost and quality of the U.S. healthcare system is one of the most prominent issues facing everyday Americans. It is a top policy concern for voters, a key …

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Center for American Progress Solutions Initiative 2024

WEBThe last three years have shown the results we can achieve with smart public investments. The American Rescue Plan, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, CHIPS and …

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Why Are Americans Paying More for Healthcare

WEBThe United States spends significantly more on healthcare compared to other nations but does not have better healthcare outcomes.What’s more, rising healthcare …

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Solutions Initiative 2024: Charting a Brighter Future

WEBAmerica is on a dangerously unsustainable fiscal path, which threatens our economic future. The Peterson Foundation asked experts from seven leading …

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Improving Health Care

WEBNov 9, 2010. The rapid growth in health care costs is the largest and fastest growing fiscal challenge. More than one out of every four federal program dollars goes to health care.

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Healthcare Spending in the United States Remains High

WEBHealthcare spending in the United States totaled 18.3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid …

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Coming Together to Improve America’s Health Care …

WEBFor the last several years, policymakers have nibbled around the edges of our health care system. The Inflation Reduction Act included some changes, such as an …

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Budget Basics: Medicaid

WEBAug 21, 2023. Medicaid is a health insurance program targeted to lower-income recipients that is financed jointly by the federal government and the states.

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Healthcare Spending Reaches a Record High

WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic temporarily drove healthcare spending to a record high in 2020, according to official estimates from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid …

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How Does Government Healthcare Spending Differ From Private …

WEBThe United States spent $4.5 trillion on healthcare in 2022, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).But what does that huge number …

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How Do States Pay for Medicaid

WEBFeb 5, 2024. Medicaid is a joint federal-state program that provides health insurance targeted to lower-income recipients. The program plays a significant role in the U.S. …

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Almost 25% of Healthcare Spending is Considered Wasteful.

WEBThe United States has one of the most expensive health systems in the world, hampering the country’s fiscal and economic well-being.In 2021, U.S. healthcare …

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How Can We Reduce the Cost of an Increasingly Expensive …

WEBHealthcare is uniquely inefficient in the United States, as we have the most expensive system in the world, but we do not get the best outcomes.Healthcare costs …

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Spending on Veterans in the Budget

WEBFederal spending for veterans has increased sharply in the past two decades as scores of veterans returned home from extended wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, many …

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Budget Basics: Spending

WEBThe budget is more than just a tally of numbers. It also expresses the policy priorities of our government. Each year, the President and Congress have the opportunity to set …

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Strengthening Medicare: Options to Reduce Costs

WEBMedicare is an essential federal program that provides health insurance to millions of older Americans. Because of the aging of the population and rapid growth in …

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Here’s Everything the Federal Government Has Done to Respond …

WEBThe coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has caused a severe public health crisis as well as substantial economic disruption for every American. So far, lawmakers …

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Uninsured Rate on the Rise Again As Nation Deals with COVID

WEBAfter a promising decline in recent years, the number of Americans without health insurance is back on the rise. A new United States Census Bureau report on …

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Key Drivers of the National Debt

WEBAmerica’s unsustainable fiscal outlook is the result of a structural mismatch between the amount of revenues that the federal government collects and the amount of spending …

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The White House Now Expects $2 Trillion Deficits by the End of …

WEBA set of new budget estimates from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reveals that even if the President’s Budget were implemented in full, debt would …

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