Charles Blahous

Charles Blahous holds the J. Fish and Lillian F. Smith Chair at the Mercatus Center and is a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution. He recently served as a public trustee for Social Security and Medicare.

My Articles

Medicare for All Report Q&A: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

August 23, 2018 | 9:28am EDT

We Can No Longer Indulge These Seven Social Security Myths

August 15, 2018 | 3:41pm EDT

Even Doubling All Projected Individual and Corporate Income Taxes Could Not Finance Medicare for All

August 7, 2018 | 9:43am EDT

Using Social Security to Finance Paid Parental Leave Is a Fatally Problematic Idea

July 10, 2018 | 11:05am EDT

Social Security, Medicare Ships’ Hulls Now Taking on Water – and Far Sooner Than Projected

June 8, 2018 | 11:21am EDT

Obamacare Is Pushing Health-Care Costs Upward

May 10, 2018 | 2:19pm EDT

Two Presidents, One Party in Control of Congress Are Responsible for Current and Projected Federal Deficits

April 30, 2018 | 4:26pm EDT

America’s Budget Problem Is Almost Entirely an Entitlement Spending Problem

April 19, 2018 | 10:17am EDT

Minimum Wage Increases Are Harming People They Were Meant to Help

March 13, 2018 | 9:38am EDT

Dos and Don’ts for Pension Committee on Escalating Multiemployer Pension Crisis

March 8, 2018 | 3:50pm EST