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How Much Will We Spend on Health Care?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2016-10-10)
This atypical election cycle has diverted attention from the growing evidence that premiums for health insurance sold on the exchanges are rising while options have declined. Health expenditures are also again growing ...
Paying for Medicare Now and in the Future
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2016-03-01)
Medicare celebrated its golden anniversary this past year. The program now provides insurance coverage for over 50 million Americans, and accounts for 20 percent of the nation's health care spending. Its shares of the ...
A Primer on Measures of Government Financing Shortfalls and Liabilities
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2016-08-01)
This note presents measures of financing shortfalls and liabilities, both for an individual government program such as Social Security and for government financing as a whole. At the level of individual programs, the widely ...
Is Social Security Wealth?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2016-04-01)
Wealth inequality has grown significantly over the last three decades and there are growing concerns about the diminishing wealth share of the middle class. Standard wealth definitions require that individuals possess a ...
Migration Nation
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2016-01-01)
Every year thousands of Americans move across county lines. In general, non-migrants experience higher average incomes than their migrant counterparts. This issue of PERCspectives on Policy explores how migrants and ...
Health Care Spending in the United States: What is Next?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2016-12-01)
Health care spending will always command public policy attention given the prominence of government payers in this market and the role played by the tax system in subsidizing health insurance purchases. But, with President-elect ...
Interview with Dr. John Taylor
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2016-11-04)
Stanford University economist John B. Taylor was awarded the Kirby Distinguished Visiting Professorship in October 2016 by the Private Enterprise Research Center. During his visit to Texas A&M University, he was interviewed ...
Is Social Security Wealth?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2016-05-01)
Rising income inequality in recent years has been linked to a rise in wealth inequality. However, in many studies, anticipated retirement benefits such as Social Security are often not included in wealth calculations. In ...
Federal Liabilities: 2016 Update
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2016-08-01)
The 2015 Financial Report of the United States Government (FRUSG) identifies total federal liabilities of $21.5 trillion as of September 30, 2015. The debt held by the public, $13.2 trillion, comprises 61% of these ...