State of the Union Primer: Selected Analyses
    Updated January 26, 2004
This list of selected Center reports examines various proposals and policies mentioned in the President's State of the Union Address.

President Proposes to Make Tax Benefits of Health Savings Accounts More Lucrative for Higher-Income Individuals
By Edwin Park and Robert Greenstein
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Large Tax Cuts But Little Else: Administration Proposes Tax Cuts that Cost Vastly More Than Other Domestic Initiatives Combined
By Richard Kogan and David Kamin
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The President's Proposal To Make Tax Cuts Permanent: $2.5 Trillion Cost Poses Danger To Economy In The Long Run
By Joel Friedman and Robert Greenstein
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Will the President's 2005 Budget Really Cut the Deficit in Half?
By Richard Kogan
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The Troubling Medicare Legislation
By Edwin Park, Melanie Nathanson, Robert Greenstein, and John Springer
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Health Savings Accounts In Final Medicare Conference Agreement Pose Threats Both To Long-Term Fiscal Policy And To The Employer-Based Health Insurance System
By Robert Greenstein and Edwin Park
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Mid-Term And Long-Term Deficit Projections
By staff from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the Concord Coalition, and the Committee for Enterprise Development
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