Budget Options
- Report
Veterans' Disability Compensation: Trends and Policy Options
From 2000 to 2013, the number of veterans receiving VA disability payments rose by nearly 55 percent, and spending for those benefits almost tripled. How might changes in VA's disability compensation program affect the federal budget?
- Blog Post
Growing Deficits Over the Long Term Would Cause Federal Debt to Exceed 100 Percent of GDP by 2039
How large would federal debt be in 25 years if current laws remained generally unchanged, and what would be the consequences of large and growing federal debt?
- Blog Post
CBO’s Long-Term Budget Projections Show a Substantial Imbalance in the Federal Budget
Over the next 25 years, revenues are projected to fall well short of spending if current laws stay generally the same. Why is that the case?
- Blog Post
Presentation on Federal Health Care Spending at Williams College
Director Doug Elmendorf spoke yesterday about the main factors that are causing federal health care spending to grow much faster than the economy. He also summarized CBO’s analysis of a wide range of approaches to address that growth.
- Presentation
Federal Health Care Spending: Why Is It Growing? What Could Be Done About It?
Presentation by Doug Elmendorf, CBO Director, at Williams College
- Blog Post
Federal Revenues Are Projected to Increase Significantly Over the Next Two Years and Remain Steady as a Share of GDP Thereafter
Revenues are projected to continue rebounding from a post-recession low of 14.6 percent of GDP in 2009 and 2010—rising to 18.2 percent in 2015. They are projected to stay between 18.0 percent and 18.4 percent of GDP from 2016 through 2024.
- Report
Testimony on the Budget and Economic Outlook: 2014 to 2024
Testimony by Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate.
- Report
Testimony on the Budget and Economic Outlook: 2014 to 2024
Testimony by Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives.
- Presentation
CBO’s Analysis of Health Care Policy
Presentation by Doug Elmendorf, CBO Director, to the Healthcare Leadership Council
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 3345, SUSPEND Act
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on October 29, 2013