In the piece, Senator Romney focuses on the looming insolvency of Social Security and the dangers of our unsustainably rising ...

In a new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, economists Vadim Elenev, Tim Landvoigt, an ...

The House passed the Lower Premiums for All Americans Act. The bill – one of more than a dozen plans released in recent weeks ahead of the expiration of the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) ...

The House is scheduled to vote today on the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act. Among other provisions, the ...

Maddie Brown Shirley is a Master of Public Policy Student at the George Washington University. She served as the Ed Lorenzen fiscal intern in Fall 2025. For more information about Ed Lorenzen and his ...

As the national debt continues to climb toward record levels – totaling 100% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at the end of ...

Policymakers have approved $1.5 trillion in net new ten-year borrowing in 2025, according to the Committee for a Responsible ...

As policymakers continue to debate what’s next for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges, there has been significant confusion over how the subsidies work, how much they cost, and why premiums are ...

The Social Security retirement and Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) trust funds are approaching insolvency, with both trust funds expected to be depleted in just seven years. Without action, retirees ...

Some of the nation’s largest and most important programs are financed through government trust funds that collect dedicated revenues and then distribute those funds. This includes Social Security’s ...