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Health Care

Growth in spending on federal health care programs is one of the central fiscal challenges facing the federal government. That growth is driven by rising enrollment in public programs deriving from the aging of the population coupled with expansions in insurance coverage and by rising health care spending per person (which has slowed recently but, during the past few decades, has significantly outpaced increases in economic output per person). Moreover, rapid growth in spending on health care is a key challenge not only for Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal programs, but also for state and local governments and for the private sector. CBO devotes a large share of its resources to studying proposals that would make narrow or broad changes in the nation’s systems for delivering and financing health care.

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H.R. 452, the Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011

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March 8, 2012

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H.R. 452, Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011

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March 7, 2012

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Choices for Federal Spending and Taxes

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February 24, 2012

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Back to the Classroom: A Visit to Harvard University

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February 24, 2012

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H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Jobs Creation Act of 2012

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February 16, 2012

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Highway Investment, Job Creation, and Economic Growth Act of 2012

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February 14, 2012

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Treatment of PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury by the Veterans Health Administration

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February 10, 2012


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The Veterans Health Administration's Treatment of PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury Among Recent Combat Veterans

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February 9, 2012

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A Premium Support System for Medicare: Analysis of Illustrative Options

Sep 2013 - CBO analyzes the ways two illustrative options for a premium support system for Medicare would affect federal spending and beneficiaries’ choices and payments.

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related publications


  • Lessons from Medicare's Demonstration Projects on Disease Management and Care Coordination: Working Paper 2012-01

    January 18, 2012
  • Lessons from Medicare's Demonstration Projects on Value-Based Payment: Working Paper 2012-02

    January 18, 2012
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Lessons from Medicare's Demonstration Projects on Disease Management, Care Coordination, and Value-Based Payment

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January 18, 2012

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