Medicaid and CHIP
- Report
The 2012 Long-Term Budget Outlook
Over the past few years, the federal government has been recording budget deficits that are the largest as a share of the economy since 1945. Consequently, the amount of federal debt held by the public has surged.
- Blog Post
Alternative Approaches for Reducing Budget Deficits
The explosive path of federal debt that CBO projects under what many observers would view as current policies underscores the need for policy changes to put the nation on a sustainable course.
- Report
Revenues and Spending Under CBO's Extended Baseline Scenario and Two Alternatives Specified by Chairman Ryan
The explosive path of federal debt that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects under what many observers would view as current policies underscores the need for policy changes to put the nation on a sustainable course.
- Blog Post
CBO Releases a Report on the Long-Term Budgetary Impact of Paths for Federal Revenues and Spending Specified by Chairman Ryan
At the request of the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, Congressman Paul Ryan, CBO has calculated the long-term budgetary impact of paths for federal revenues and spending specified by the Chairman and his staff.
- Report
The Long-Term Budgetary Impact of Paths for Federal Revenues and Spending Specified by Chairman Ryan
CBO's assessment of how the specified paths would alter the trajectories of federal debt, revenues, spending, and economic output relative to the trajectories under two scenarios that CBO has analyzed previously.
- Data and Technical Information
Estimate of the Effects of Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Mandatory Health Provisions Included in the President's Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2013 - March 2012 Baseline
Estimates of Proposals
- Blog Post
Some Context for Thinking About Deficit Reduction: Social Security and Major Health Care Programs
As policymakers consider the composition of policy changes to be used to reduce future budget deficits, it is useful to consider both historical experience and projections for the future for significant components of the budget.
- Data and Technical Information
Selected Budget Projections - April 2011
Budget projections for the Analysis of the President's Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year 2012.
- Report
Long-Term Analysis of a Budget Proposal by Chairman Ryan
CBO has conducted a long-term analysis of a budget proposal by Chairman Ryan.
- Blog Post
The Effect of the March Health Legislation on Prescription Drug Prices
In a letter sent today to Congressman Paul Ryan, we described our analysis of the effects on prescription drug prices of certain provisions of the health legislation enacted in March.