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March 13, 2012
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Budget Projections
CBO’s budget projections under current law—known as baseline projections—give the Congress a benchmark against which to measure the effects of proposed changes spending and taxes. The projections show what would happen to the federal budget if current laws remained in place, that is if no new laws affecting spending and taxes were enacted during the projection period. In addition, the agency regularly shows the effects of adopting alternative policies that have been discussed by the Congress, so that the impact of those alternative policies is clear. CBO also makes long-term budget projections.
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Baseline Projections for Mandatory Spending Programs
- USDA mandatory farm programs
- student loan and pell grant program
- children's health insurance program
- health insurance exchanges
- medicaid
- medicare
- social security disability insurance
- Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
- Old-Age, Survivors, and DI Trust Funds
- Child Nutrition Programs
- Child Support Collections
- Child Support Enforcement and Family Support
- Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
- Foster Care and Adoption Assistance
- Military Retirement
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
- Railroad Retirement
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
- Supplemental Security Income
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
- unemployment compensation
- Changes in Payments to Physicians