About half of all U.S. hospitals are designated as “charitable” nonprofit institutions by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

The Social Security retirement trust fund is now less than six years from insolvency, according to CRFB’s Insolvency Countdown Clock. Without action from policymakers, beneficiaries will face a deep ...

Time is running out to save the Social Security retirement trust fund from insolvency in less than six years and ...

In the first segment of a new Fox News "Special Report Spotlight" series on America's balance sheet, Bret Baier spotlighted the nation's unsustainable debt and deficit by discussing the recent $40 ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released its latest World Economic Outlook, highlighting persistent global growth but heightened risks. The IMF estimates that global Gross Domestic ...

The bill would require the House Appropriations Committee to bundle the 12 appropriations bills into four packages for markup once they had all passed their respective subcommittees. The goal is to ...

The next few years will include several predictable fiscal policy deadlines, as various policies take effect, expire, or change. Many of the deadlines could bring additional costs if Congress acts ...

Media Coverage The next Senate class will decide Social Security’s fate. Can they meet halfway to save it? Read more ...

Encouragingly, the debt held by the public as a share of the economy (the measure that economists look at) will stabilize over the next few years – albeit at elevated levels - due to a combination of ...

The Medicare system will be forced to start cutting benefits by 2033. What can we do?

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