Affordable Care Act
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How CBO Defines and Estimates Health Insurance Coverage for People Under Age 65
In addition to describing how CBO defines and estimates health insurance coverage for people under 65, the agency explains its sources of data, their limitations, and how it adjusts for such limitations when preparing its estimates.
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Answers to Questions for the Record Following a Hearing on The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2018 to 2028 Conducted by the Senate Budget Committee
The Senate Budget Committee convened a hearing at which Director Keith Hall testified about The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2018 to 2028. This document provides CBO’s answers to questions submitted for the record.
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Cost-Sharing Reductions in CBO’s Spring 2018 Baseline
At recent hearings, Members of Congress questioned how cost-sharing reductions had been incorporated in CBO’s baseline budget projections. Given the limited time to answer those questions, this blog post provides additional information.
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CBO’s Projections of Spending for the 2018–2028 Period
Last Monday, CBO released The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2018 to 2028. This week, CBO is publishing daily blog posts to share key excerpts from the report, and today’s post is about the agency’s projections of federal spending.
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The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2018 to 2028
In CBO’s projections, the economy grows relatively quickly this year and next and then more slowly in the following several years. The federal budget deficit rises substantially, boosting federal debt to nearly 100 percent of GDP by 2028.
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Appropriation of Cost-Sharing Reduction Subsidies
CBO’s response to Honorable Lamar Alexander’s request for an alternative estimate of section 602(b) of the Bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act of 2018.
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Bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act of 2018
As provided to CBO on March 19, 2018 (version TAM18347)
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The Distribution of Household Income, 2014
In 2014, average household income before accounting for means-tested transfers and federal taxes was $19,000 for the lowest quintile and $281,000 for the highest quintile. After transfers and taxes, those averages were $31,000 and $207,000.
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S. 2221, Repeal Insurance Plans of the Multi-State Program Act of 2017
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on February 14, 2018
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Answers to Questions for the Record Following a Hearing on Oversight of CBO Conducted by the Senate Committee on the Budget
On January 24, the Senate Budget Committee convened a hearing at which Director Keith Hall testified about CBO’s work in 2017 and its future plans. This document provides CBO’s answers to questions submitted for the record.