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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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  • Medicaid and CHIP
  • Affordable Care Act
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H.R. 6190, Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 2012

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August 22, 2012

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Medicare's Payments to Physicians: The Budgetary Impact of Alternative Policies Relative to CBO's March 2012 Baseline

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July 31, 2012

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CBO's Panel of Health Advisers

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July 27, 2012


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CBO Releases Two Analyses Related to the Affordable Care Act

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July 24, 2012


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  • Estimates for the Insurance Coverage Provisions of the Affordable Care Act Updated for the Recent Supreme Court Decision

    July 24, 2012
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Letter to the Honorable John Boehner providing an estimate for H.R. 6079, the Repeal of Obamacare Act

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July 24, 2012

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  • Letter to the Honorable John Boehner providing an estimate for H.R. 6079, the Repeal of Obamacare Act

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    March 13, 2012

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Estimates for the Insurance Coverage Provisions of the Affordable Care Act Updated for the Recent Supreme Court Decision

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July 24, 2012

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Upcoming Health Care Analyses

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July 23, 2012


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Assessing Effects on the Federal Budget of Policies to Promote Health and Prevent Disease

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July 17, 2012

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Update on CBO's Response to the Supreme Court's Decision Regarding the Affordable Care Act

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July 9, 2012


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Response to the Supreme Court’s Decision Regarding the Affordable Care Act

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June 28, 2012


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