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In the Press: The $40 Trillion Bill for Young Americans, Falling SNAP enrollment, and Lack of Transparency in Rural Health
2+ week, 18+ hour ago (473+ words) Free the Facts asked ten experts across the ideological spectrum what the $40 trillion national debt means for the next generation. Boccia’s contribution: In Yahoo News, Jasmine Andersson examines which states have shed the most SNAP recipients — enrollment is down more…...
Our New Paper on Social Security and the Federal Debt
3+ week, 2+ day ago (249+ words) The Debt Dispatch Our New Paper on Social Security and the Federal Debt Now available on SSRN. Our Wharton Pension Research Council working paper, “Social Security’s Role in the Federal Debt Explosion: Past, Present, and the Reform Imperative,” is now…...
In the Press: SNAP Accountability, the Social Security Reform Debate, and DOGE’s Failed Savings
3+ week, 3+ day ago (438+ words) In The Unseen and the Unsaid, Jack Salmon argues that the Farm Bill pairs a $1.4 trillion price tag with expanded subsidies and delayed SNAP accountability. He cites Boccia on the risk of backsliding: As the Cato Institute’s Romina Boccia puts…...
Fixing Medicaid's Financing Structure to Reduce Waste, Fraud, and Overspending
3+ week, 4+ day ago (892+ words) Medicaid is one of the largest and fastest-growing items in the federal budget and is highly vulnerable to waste, fraud, and abuse. We took that problem to Capitol Hill, hosting a panel featuring Michael F. Cannon of the Cato Institute, Chris…...
Reimagining Social Security, One Year Later
4+ week, 1+ day ago (454+ words) The program has drifted away from its original purpose. Social Security has evolved into an increasingly expensive middle-class income replacement program rather than a focused guarantee against poverty in old age. The financing issues are structural. The shortfall is driven…...