Deficit may climb by $500 billion due to higher Medicare costs, Marc Goldwein notes

Deficit may climb by $500 billion due to higher Medicare costs, Marc Goldwein notes
Deficit may rise as Medicare costs increase

Marc Goldwein said that a proposed measure would likely add about $500 billion to the deficit over a decade.

He added that while Medicare costs would increase by a larger amount, costs for ACA, Medicaid, and employer-sponsored insurance would decline.

Goldwein has previously described a proposal to eliminate the tax max and raise annual benefits by $2,400, outlining the plan in detail in an earlier article. He has also said that setting limits on the charitable deduction could generate $100 billion in additional revenue without reducing giving, citing data from the Tax Policy Center in a separate piece. Both comments add context to his ongoing analysis of fiscal policy proposals.

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