Military and Veterans' Health Care
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Income of Black Working-Age Veterans
CBO describes economic outcomes of veterans who are Black, male, and working age and whose service began during or after 1990. CBO compares the outcomes of that group with outcomes of Black nonveterans and White veterans from 2017 to 2019.
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Income of Working-Age Veterans Receiving Disability Compensation
CBO compared the earnings, personal income, and household income of working-age male veterans who received disability payments from the Department of Veterans Affairs with those of veterans who did not receive such payments.
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Atlas of Military Compensation
In the President’s 2024 budget request, total military compensation is $551 billion, including veterans' benefits. That amount represents an increase of 134 percent since 1999 after removing the effects of inflation.
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 3581, Caregiver Outreach and Program Enhancement Act
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on
July 26, 2023 - Report
Testimony on Approaches to Reducing the Department of Defense’s Compensation Costs
David E. Mosher, CBO's Director of National Security Analysis, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Personnel.
- Cost Estimate
S. 216, Reinforcing Enhanced Support through Promoting Equity for Caregivers Act of 2023
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on February 16, 2023
- Presentation
Trends in DoD’s and VA’s Budgets for Military Compensation
Presentation by David Mosher, CBO’s Director of National Security Analysis, at the Military Manpower Roundtable.
- Cost Estimate
S. 30, Fiscal Year 2023 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on February 16, 2023
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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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Statement for the Record Regarding How CBO Would Estimate the Effects of Future Authorizing Legislation on Spending From the Toxic Exposures Fund
CBO’s Director, Phillip Swagel, provides a written statement to the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs about how the agency would estimate the effects of future authorizing legislation on spending from the toxic exposures fund.