Medicaid and CHIP
- Blog Post
Presentation on Federal Health Care Spending
Director Doug Elmendorf discusses why federal health care spending is growing rapidly and what changes in policy could slow that growth.
- Report
The Distribution of Federal Spending and Taxes in 2006
CBO analyzes the distribution of most federal spending—including transfers such as Social Security benefits—and almost all federal revenues among U.S. households in 2006. Results are provided by type of household and by income group.
- Report
Testimony on The 2013 Long-Term Budget Outlook
Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives.
- Presentation
Press Briefing on The 2013 Long-Term Budget Outlook
Director Doug Elmendorf’s slides from his press briefing on The 2013 Long-Term Budget Outlook
- Blog Post
An Overview of the Medicaid Program
Medicaid is a joint federal-state program with an average enrollment of about 57 million people this year. In 2012, federal spending for Medicaid was $251 billion, of which $223 billion covered benefits for enrollees.
- Blog Post
Federal Spending on the Government’s Major Health Care Programs Is Projected to Rise Substantially Relative to GDP
Although spending for health care in the United States has grown more slowly in recent years than it had previously, high and rising levels of such spending continue to pose a challenge for Medicare, Medicaid, and other government programs.
- Report
The 2013 Long-Term Budget Outlook
Federal debt would grow to 100 percent of GDP by 2038 under current law, CBO projects, and would be on an upward path relative to the size of the economy—a trend that could not be sustained indefinitely.
- Data and Technical Information
Methods for Analysis of the Financing and Use of Long-Term Services and Supports
CBO details the data and methods used in its June 2013 publication, Rising Demand for Long-Term Services and Supports for Elderly People.
- Report
Rising Demand for Long-Term Services and Supports for Elderly People
By 2050, one-fifth of the U.S. population will be age 65 or older, up from 12 percent in 2000 and 8 percent in 1950. As a result, expenditures on long-term services and supports for the elderly will rise substantially in the coming decades.
- Presentation
Understanding CBO’s Medicaid Coverage Projections Under the Affordable Care Act
Presentation by Jessica Banthin, CBO Senior Advisor, at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting