Medicaid and CHIP
- Blog Post
Short-Term Spending and Long-Term Dynamic Effects
Some federal policies involve short-term expenditures that result in economic and budgetary effects far in the future. CBO has been building analytic capacity to consider a dynamic framework for policies that would have long-term effects.
- Report
Answers to Questions for the Record Following a Hearing on Alternative Payment Models and the Slowdown in Federal Health Care Spending
The Senate Committee on the Budget convened a hearing at which Chapin White, CBO’s Director of Health Analysis, testified. This document provides CBO’s answers to questions submitted for the record.
- Report
Federal Budgetary Effects of the Activities of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation
CBO estimates that the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI’s) activities increased federal spending between 2011 and 2020 and will also increase it from 2021 to 2030. In 2010, CBO projected that CMMI would produce savings.
- Report
Federal Subsidies for Health Insurance: 2023 to 2033
In 2023, federal subsidies for health insurance are estimated to be $1.8 trillion, or 7.0 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). In CBO and JCT’s projections, those net subsidies reach $3.3 trillion, or 8.3 percent of GDP, in 2033.
- Cost Estimate
S. 623, a bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to aged, blind, or disabled Alaska Natives or descendants of Alaska Natives from being used to determine eligibility for certain programs, and for other purposes
As reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 11, 2023
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The 2023 Long-Term Budget Outlook
The U.S. faces a challenging fiscal outlook in the coming years, according to CBO's projections. Measured as a percentage of GDP, large and sustained deficits lead to high and rising federal debt that exceeds any previously recorded level.
- Blog Post
Presentations by Staff of CBO's Health Analysis Division
This week, four analysts from CBO's Health Analysis Division are presenting their work at the 12th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists ("ASHEcon") in St. Louis, Missouri.
- Blog Post
CBO Publishes New Health Insurance Coverage Projections for 2023 to 2033
CBO released updated projections of health insurance coverage for people under age 65 in the journal Health Affairs.
- Presentation
Health Insurance for People Younger Than Age 65: Expiration of Temporary Policies Projected to Reshuffle Coverage, 2023 to 2033
Presentation by Caroline Hanson, an analyst in CBO’s Health Analysis Division, on the agency's updated projections of health insurance coverage at a press briefing organized by Health Affairs.
- Report
The Medicare and Medicaid Improvement Funds: Budgetary History and Projections
CBO describes features of the Medicare and Medicaid improvement funds and how the funds are accounted for in CBO’s baseline and cost estimates.