Medicare
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Options for Reducing the Deficit, 2023 to 2032--Volume I: Larger Reductions
CBO issues a volume describing 17 policy options that would each reduce the federal budget deficit by more than $300 billion over the next 10 years or, in the case of Social Security options, have a comparably large effect in later decades.
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Options for Reducing the Deficit, 2023 to 2032--Volume II: Smaller Reductions
CBO issues a volume that contains short descriptions of 59 policy options that would each reduce the federal budget deficit by less than $300 billion over the next 10 years.
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Additional Information About Prescription Drug Legislation
CBO provides additional information that Congressman Jason Smith and his colleagues requested about subtitle I of the reconciliation recommendations of the Senate Committee on Finance regarding prescription drug legislation.
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Information About Cancer Drugs Covered by Part B of Medicare
CBO provides information about the use of drugs that treat cancer and that are covered by Part B of the Medicare program, identifying the top 15 such drugs on the basis of the number of enrollees that use them.
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The 2022 Long-Term Budget Outlook
The U.S. faces a challenging fiscal outlook according to CBO's extended baseline projections, which show budget deficits and federal debt held by the public growing steadily in relation to gross domestic product over the next three decades.
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Answers to Questions for the Record Following a Hearing on a Single-Payer Health Care System That Is Based on Medicare’s Fee-for-Service Program
The Senate Committee on the Budget convened a hearing at which Phillip L. Swagel, CBO's Director, testified. This document provides CBO’s answers to questions submitted for the record.
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Federal Subsidies for Health Insurance Coverage for People Under 65: 2022 to 2032
In CBO and JCT’s projections, net federal subsidies in 2022 for insured people under age 65 are $997 billion. In 2032, that annual amount is projected to reach $1.6 trillion.
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Presentations by Staff of CBO's Health Analysis Division
This week, five analysts from CBO's Health Analysis Division are presenting their work at the 11th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists ("ASHEcon") in Austin, Texas.
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The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2022 to 2032
In CBO’s projections, assuming that current laws generally remain unchanged, the federal deficit totals $1.0 trillion in fiscal year 2022 and averages $1.6 trillion per year from 2023 to 2032. Real GDP grows by 3.1 percent this year.
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Budgetary Effects of a Policy That Would Lower the Age of Eligibility for Medicare to 60
CBO and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation estimate that lowering the age of Medicare eligibility to 60 would increase federal budget deficits, change primary sources of health insurance, and increase the number of people insured.