Merging the two funds “would be a significant departure from lawmakers’ previous promises,” would delay needed reforms, and “would add another layer of opacity,” as it would blur the distinction between taxes used for retirement benefits and those used for disability benefits.
e21, April 27, 2015With many of the Obamacare pay-fors unlawfully pushed aside for political expediency, it’s anyone’s guess how much federal deficits will skyrocket as the law takes fuller effect.
The Weekly Standard, July 14, 2014A public trustee for Social Security and Medicare explains why Obamacare may well be “the greatest act of fiscal irresponsibility ever committed by federal legislators”—and why it’s getting even worse during implementation.
Mercatus Center, April 17, 2014In the real world—as opposed to the peculiar world of federal score-keeping conventions—adding Obamacare to existing federal health-care entitlements like Medicare won’t lower the deficit but will explode it by hundreds of billions of dollars.
e21, April 10, 2012
A public trustee for Social Security and Medicare examines the numbers and debunks the Obama administration's claim that Obamacare will lower the cost of health care.
e21, November 25, 2013