Executive Director Dr. Carolyn Bourdeaux released the following statement regarding this week’s continued lack of fiscal leadership on Capitol Hill: “As Congress again stumbles into its traditional monthlong August recess, our nation’s budget remains in shambles. Congress needs to do…
Medicare Advantage (MA) has grown rapidly over the past decade, now covering more than half of all Medicare beneficiaries. But alongside that growth, a costly and often misunderstood problem has emerged: upcoding. Policymakers across the political spectrum increasingly agree that…
(Arlington Va. - July 15, 2026) - Following the release of a roughly $95 billion House Republican spending framework - with no offsets - Concord Action is calling on lawmakers to show how they will pay for the package before…
(Arlington Va. - July 13, 2026) - As House Republicans prepare to introduce another reconciliation package, Concord Action is warning lawmakers not to turn this legislation into yet another vehicle for increasing deficits. With the national debt closing in on $40 trillion, Concord…
(Arlington Va. - July 8, 2026) - Concord Action hosted an America 250 virtual town hall yesterday featuring Jessica Riedl, Budget and Tax Fellow at the Brookings Institution. The event covered the urgent need to take action on the national…
As the United States continues to celebrate its 250th birthday, we have an opportunity—and an obligation—to reflect on what has allowed this nation to endure. Each generation has made choices that strengthened the country’s economic foundation and expanded opportunity. But…
(Arlington Va. - July 2, 2026) - As we prepare to celebrate 250 years of independence, Americans face a much bleaker national milestone: a federal debt soon expected to exceed $40 trillion. In a new op-ed in The Washington Times,…
The newly released Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report reinforces a warning that has been building for years: Medicare is becoming one of the largest structural drivers of federal deficits. The report again projects that Medicare’s Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust…
Concord Action welcomes a variety of viewpoints on issues related to the long-term fiscal health of the nation. The following is a guest essay written by Concord Fiscal Lookout Owen Paepke who is the author of The Evolution of Progress…
How Social Security Contributes to Debt and Deficits? The Social Security Trustees released their annual report on June 9, offering the clearest picture yet of the program’s financial outlook—and its growing impact on the federal budget. Social Security remains the…
(June 9, 2026 – Arlington, Va.) -- Concord Action Executive Director Carolyn Bourdeaux released the following statement in response to today’s Social Security Trustees Report: “Today's report delivers an urgent warning that lawmakers across the political spectrum must take…
WASHINGTON — (June 3, 2026) — Concord Action today hosted its first-ever National Volunteer Debt Summit in Washington, D.C., bringing together dozens of grassroots fiscal watchdogs for meetings with key members of Congress and budget experts. The event kicked…
