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July 30, 2009Subsidy Costs for Direct vs. Guaranteed Student Loans
July 27, 2009 Additional Information Regarding the Effects of Health Insurance Coverage Specifications Reflected in the America
July 26, 2009 Approaches for Giving the President Broad Authority to Change Medicare
July 26, 2009 The Effects of Health Reform Legislation beyond the Next Decade
July 24, 2009 CBO's Independence
July 23, 2009 Meeting at the White House
July 21, 2009 Preliminary Analysis of the House Democrats' Health Reform Proposal
July 18, 2009Modernization of Coast Guard Cutters and Naval Surface Combatants
July 17, 2009 The Long-Term Budget Outlook
July 16, 2009 Intergovernmental Mandates in Federal Legislation
July 15, 2009House Democrats' Health Reform Proposal: Preliminary Analysis of Major Provisions Related to Insurance Coverage
July 14, 2009Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2009
July 14, 2009 Effects of Changes to the Health Insurance System on Labor Markets
July 13, 2009 Effect of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 on Different Regions of the Country
July 9, 2009 June Budget Results
July 8, 2009 Likely Effects of Substantially Expanding Eligibility for Medicaid
July 7, 2009 CBO's Analysis of a Proposed Federal Insurance Program for Long-Term Care
July 7, 2009Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions under the House's Climate and Energy Bill
July 4, 2009New CBO Cost Estimate for Health Care Legislation
July 3, 2009
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Today CBO released an evaluation of the accuracy of its economic forecasts by comparing those forecasts with the economys actual performance and with the projections of other forecasters. The study examines the two-year ahead forecast accuracy and the five-year ahead forecast accuracy for a variety of macroeconomic variables, such as real GDP, inflation, and interest rates. Thirty-two CBO forecasts, those made early each year from 1976 to 2007, are included in the study. |
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Yesterday CBO released a preliminary analysis, conducted with the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT), of H.R. 3200, the Americas Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, as introduced by several House committees on July 14. Earlier this week, CBO released a preliminary report on the health insurance coverage provisions of the bill; this latest report added analysis of the other provisions. |
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YesterdayCBO released a brief that analyzes intergovernmental issues in the context of The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA). UMRA focuses attention on federal requirements imposed on state, local, and tribal governments and the private sector that are not conditions for receiving federal aid. The law specifies which types of requirements should or should not be considered mandates, establishes procedures that govern Congressional consideration of such mandates, and directs CBO to estimate the costs of mandates. |
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CBO and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) worked together to produce a preliminary analysis of the major provisions related to health insurance coverage that are contained in draft legislation called the Americas Affordable Health Choices Act, which was released today by several House committees. |
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Yesterday CBO released a letter in response to a request for additional information regarding our analysis of provisions of the Affordable Health Choices Act that would establish a federal insurance program for long-term care. Those provisions are called the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (the CLASS Act) and are currently under consideration by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
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The American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454), recently passed by the House of Representatives, would establish two cap-and-trade programs for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. One small program would apply only to hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) while a much larger program would apply to other types of GHG emissionspractically all emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels plus a fraction of other emissions from industrial and agricultural sources. |
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