Answers to Questions for the Record Following a Hearing on a Single-Payer Health Care System That Is Based on Medicare’s Fee-for-Service Program
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The Senate Committee on the Budget convened a hearing at which Phillip L. Swagel, CBO's Director, testified. This document provides CBO’s answers to questions submitted for the record.
On May 12, 2022, the Senate Committee on the Budget convened a hearing at which Phillip L. Swagel, the Congressional Budget Office’s Director, testified about the agency’s analyses of illustrative single-payer health care systems. After the hearing, Senator Van Hollen submitted questions for the record. This document provides CBO’s answers.
