Affordable Care Act
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A Public Option for Health Insurance in the Nongroup Marketplaces: Key Design Considerations and Implications
CBO describes the key design considerations for a federally administered nongroup health insurance plan—often referred to as a public option—and some of their major implications.
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Policies to Achieve Near-Universal Health Insurance Coverage
CBO examines four policy approaches that could achieve near-universal health insurance coverage.
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Who Went Without Health Insurance in 2019, and Why?
In 2019, about 12 percent of people under 65 were not enrolled in a health insurance plan or a government program that provides financial protection from major medical risks. In this report, CBO describes that uninsured population.
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Federal Subsidies for Health Insurance Coverage for People Under 65: 2020 to 2030
CBO and JCT project that federal subsidies, taxes, and penalties associated with health insurance coverage for people under age 65 will result in a net subsidy from the federal government of $920 billion in 2021 and $1.4 trillion in 2030.
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CBO’s Estimates of Enrollment in Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance
CBO responds to a request that it reexamine its estimates of short-term, limited-duration insurance.
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The 2020 Long-Term Budget Outlook
CBO presents its projections of what federal deficits, debt, spending, and revenues would be for the next 30 years if current laws governing taxes and spending generally did not change.
- Blog Post
CBO to Release Updated Budget Projections on September 2
The report will contain CBO’s latest baseline budget projections, which will be based on the economic projections that the agency released in July and will incorporate legislation enacted through August 4.
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How CBO Models Firms' Behavior in HISIM2 in Its Baseline Budget Projections as of March 6, 2020
CBO uses HISIM2 to model firms’ decisions to offer health insurance and households’ decisions to enroll in health insurance. This slide deck describes the analytical methods used in HISIM2 to model firms’ decisions in CBO’s most recent baseline budget projections.
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The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2020 to 2030
In CBO’s projections of the outlook under current law, deficits remain large by historical standards, federal debt grows to 98 percent of GDP by 2030, and the economy expands at an average annual rate of 1.7 percent from 2021 to 2030.
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Answers to Questions for the Record Following a Hearing Conducted by the House Committee on the Budget: Key Design Components and Considerations for Establishing a Single-Payer Health Care System
The House Budget Committee convened a hearing at which members of CBO's staff testified about the agency’s report Key Design Components and Considerations for Establishing a Single-Payer Health Care System. This document provides CBO’s answers to questions submitted for the record.