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Budget Options

CBO produces many reports that discuss options for changes in spending and taxes. For each Congress, CBO produces a report that brings together a wide range of options for reducing the deficit. The options are derived from many sources and, in keeping with CBO’s mandate to provide objective analysis without making recommendations, each option includes arguments for and against it.

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Medicare's Payments to Physicians: The Budgetary Impact of Alternative Policies Relative to CBO's May 2013 Baseline

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May 14, 2013

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Testimony on Using the Chained CPI to Index Social Security, Other Federal Programs, and the Tax Code for Inflation

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April 18, 2013

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CBO Testifies on Using the Chained CPI to Index Social Security, Other Federal Programs, and the Tax Code for Inflation

posted by Jeffrey Kling on April 18, 2013

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What Would Be the Effect on the Deficit of Using the Chained CPI to Index Benefit Programs and the Tax Code?

posted by Emily Stern on April 18, 2013

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CBO Testifies on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program

posted by Joyce Manchester on March 14, 2013

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Testimony on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program

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March 14, 2013

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  • The 2012 Long-Term Budget Outlook

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  • The Macroeconomic and Budgetary Effects of an Illustrative Policy for Reducing the Federal Budget Deficit

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Choices for Deficit Reduction

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November 8, 2012

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The Challenge of Deficit Reduction

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November 8, 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 Releases Report on Policy Options for the Social Security Disability Insurance Program

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July 16, 2012


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