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The Medicare program provides subsidized medical insurance for the elderly and for some disabled people. During 2012, enrollment in Medicare averaged about 50 million people. Gross spending (excluding administrative costs that are subject to appropriation) for the program was $551 billion. (Net spending, which has beneficiaries’ payments of premiums and some other receipts subtracted out, was $466 billion.) CBO anticipates that Medicare spending will rise rapidly over the next decade, spurred by the retirement of the baby boomers. The agency’s work on Medicare includes projections of future program spending, cost estimates of specific legislative proposals, and a range of analyses of policy options and issues affecting the program.
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S. 3391, Taking Essential Steps to Testing Act

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September 19, 2012

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Medicare's Payments to Physicians: The Budgetary Impact of Alternative Policies Relative to CBO's March 2012 Baseline

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July 31, 2012

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CBO Releases Two Analyses Related to the Affordable Care Act

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July 24, 2012


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  • Estimates for the Insurance Coverage Provisions of the Affordable Care Act Updated for the Recent Supreme Court Decision

    July 24, 2012
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Letter to the Honorable John Boehner providing an estimate for H.R. 6079, the Repeal of Obamacare Act

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July 24, 2012

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Upcoming Health Care Analyses

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July 23, 2012


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Update on CBO's Response to the Supreme Court's Decision Regarding the Affordable Care Act

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July 9, 2012


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Response to the Supreme Court’s Decision Regarding the Affordable Care Act

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June 28, 2012


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Breakfast with Reporters

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June 14, 2012


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CBO Testified on the Long-Term Budget Outlook

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June 6, 2012


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    June 05, 2012

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Testimony on the 2012 Long-Term Budget Outlook

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June 6, 2012


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