Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Statement for the Record on Reverse the Curse: Skyrocketing Health Care Costs and America’s Fiscal Future

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget submitted a statement for the record pertaining to the House Budget Committee ...
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

New Data Suggests MA Overpayments of $1.2 Trillion Over the Next Decade

For example, the No UPCODE Act, introduced by Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), would eliminate the use of health risk assessments used to boost coding intensity and utilize two ...
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

What Would a Fiscal Crisis Look Like?

A fiscal crisis – sometimes called a sovereign debt crisis – is a sharp economic shock or downturn caused or sparked by high ...
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

CRFB Releases Updated Debt Fixer

Use CRFB’s Adjusted August 2025 Baseline, which accounts for the projected impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), ...
Opinion
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It’s (Still) Time for a Bipartisan Fiscal Commission

The U.S. fiscal outlook is currently unsustainable. A new fiscal commission can help policymakers work on a bipartisan basis to identify the necessary tax and spending changes to help improve the ...