The Long-Run Budget Picture


7/9/08 A Balanced Approach to Restoring Fiscal Responsibility Executive Summary Press Release
6/26/08 Testimony: James Horney on Addressing the Nation's Financial Challenges
6/24/08 Testimony: Robert Greenstein on the SAFE Commission Act and the Long-Term Fiscal Challenge
12/13/07 Statement: Robert Greenstein on the Congressional Budget Office’s New Long-Term Budget Forecast
8/22/07 Historical Averages Not A Meaningful Benchmark For Future Revenues
4/23/07 Statement: Robert Greenstein On The New Report from the Medicare Trustees
4/20/07 Forthcoming Medicare Trustees' Report May Contain Dubious "Medicare Funding Warning"
1/29/07 The Long-Term Fiscal Outlook Is Bleak: Restoring Fiscal Sustainability Will Require Major Changes to Programs, Revenues, and the Nation’s Health Care System Press Release: HTM, PDF, 2pp. Summary: HTM, PDF, 4pp. Full Report: PDF, 21pp. Methodology: PDF, 27pp.
1/29/07 There Is No General "Entitlement Crisis": In Coming Decades, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security Will Grow Rapidly, But Other Entitlements Will Shrink As a Share of the Economy