Center for Budget and Policy Priorities: No “general entitlement crisis”

THE LONG-TERM FISCAL OUTLOOK IS BLEAK
By Richard Kogan, Matt Fiedler, Aviva Aron-Dine, and James Horney

This analysis finds that restoring fiscal sustainability will require major changes to programs, revenues, and the nation’s health care system.

Press Release:
http://www.cbpp.org/1-29-07bud-pr.pdf        2pp.

Summary:
http://www.cbpp.org/1-29-07bud-summ.pdf        4pp.

Full Report:
http://www.cbpp.org/1-29-07bud.pdf        21pp.

Methodology:
http://www.cbpp.org/1-29-07bud-meth.pdf        27pp.

THERE IS NO GENERAL “ENTITLEMENT CRISIS”
By Richard Kogan and Aviva Aron-Dine
      This report finds that in coming decades, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security will grow rapidly, but other entitlements will shrink as a share of the economy.

http://www.cbpp.org/1-29-07bud2.htm
http://www.cbpp.org/1-29-07bud2.pdf        4pp.