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How to Fix Social Security, in Six Words: Kathryn Anne Edwards in Bloomberg
My letter to the editor
6 hrs ago
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Romina Boccia
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How Congress Turned Budget Reconciliation Into a Tool for More Spending
A process designed to overcome political obstacles to deficit reduction is now helping Congress avoid the reforms that matter most.
Aug 7
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Romina Boccia
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In The Press: Fix Social Security the Kiwi Way, 30 Companies in Govt Equity Portfolio, and State Tax Swap
Fix Social Security the Kiwi Way
Aug 6
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Statement for the Record on a BRAC-Like Commission for Social Security Reform
71 percent of Americans support Congress empowering an independent expert commission to reform Social Security
Aug 5
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Romina Boccia
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Statement for the Record on Medicaid’s Structural Flaws
Congress should address the perverse incentives embedded in Medicaid’s matching grant structure.
Aug 4
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Romina Boccia
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Debt Digest | Federal Debt is a Health Care Problem
Links & Fiscal Facts
Aug 3
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Romina Boccia
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Ritvik Thakur
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July 2026
Welfare Digest | Outdated SSI Reporting Drives Billions in Overpayments
Links & Benefits Breakdowns
Jul 30
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Romina Boccia
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Tyler Turman
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CBO: New Highway Bill Has More Spending, Taxes, and Deficits
A guest post by David A. Ditch
Jul 29
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David Ditch
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In the Press: Welfare Fraud by Design, Trump Accounts as Welfare, and the Limits of Reconciliation
Welfare fraud is a design and enforcement problem
Jul 28
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Debt Digest | AI-Driven Productivity Gains Would Worsen the Fiscal Outlook, Without Health Care Reform
Links & Fiscal Facts
Jul 27
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Romina Boccia
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Ritvik Thakur
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Treasury Prevents $99 Million to Deceased Recipients through Do Not Pay
The federal government can save taxpayers billions of dollars every year by giving agencies better access to data that it already collects.
Jul 22
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Romina Boccia
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Tyler Turman
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In the Press: Trump's Australian Retirement Gambit, Pentagon Shouldn't Own Defense Companies, and Reconciliation Voting Restriction Fund
A compulsory Australian-style system would burden workers, not fix Social Security
Jul 21
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