Budget Options
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Choices for Deficit Reduction: An Update
Federal debt is projected to rise significantly over the long term. What policy changes could reduce future deficits and thus lower the trajectory of federal debt? What criteria might be used to evaluate those policy changes?
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Options for Reducing the Deficit: Discretionary Spending
CBO examined 28 options that encompass a broad range of discretionary programs. About a third of the options would affect defense programs; the rest are for nondefense programs.
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Options for Reducing the Deficit: Revenues
CBO examined 36 options related to the following parts of the tax system: individual income tax rates, the individual income tax base, individual income tax credits, payroll taxes, and taxation of income from businesses, among others.
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Options for Reducing Defense Budgets to Meet Funding Limits Under the Budget Control Act
To comply with the Budget Control Act, the DoD budget would have to be as much as 20 percent below the cost of its current plans. Such a reduction could be achieved through different approaches, some involving cutbacks in combat units.
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Medicare's Payment to Physicians
The Budgetary Impact of Alternative Policies Relative to CBO's May 2013 Baseline updated for Final Rule
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Options for Reducing the Deficit: Mandatory Spending
The 23 options related to mandatory spending would generally decrease the amount paid to beneficiaries, redefine the population that is entitled to benefits of various programs, or reduce payments to state and local governments.
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CBO Introduces Digital Version of Its Budget Options Volume
Users of our website will now be able to search for options according to major budget category (such as revenues), budget function (such as national defense or transportation), and major program category (such as housing or Medicare).
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Health-Related Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2014 to 2023
This document is a reprint of Chapter 5 of CBO's publication Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2014 to 2023 (November 2013).
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Options for Reducing the Deficit: Health
Most of the 16 options that CBO examined would either decrease federal spending on health programs or increase revenues (or equivalently, reduce tax expenditures) as a result of changes in tax provisions related to health care.
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Collected Tables Showing Projected Savings for Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2014 to 2023
Collected Tables Showing Projected Savings for Options for Reducing the Deficit