Medicaid and CHIP
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The 2022 Long-Term Budget Outlook
The U.S. faces a challenging fiscal outlook according to CBO's extended baseline projections, which show budget deficits and federal debt held by the public growing steadily in relation to gross domestic product over the next three decades.
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S. 2524, 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 or certain programs, and for other purposes
As reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on February 10, 2022
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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
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.
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Federal Subsidies for Health Insurance Coverage for People Under 65: 2022 to 2032
In CBO and JCT’s projections, net federal subsidies in 2022 for insured people under age 65 are $997 billion. In 2032, that annual amount is projected to reach $1.6 trillion.
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Work Requirements and Work Supports for Recipients of Means-Tested Benefits
CBO analyzes the effects of work requirements and work supports on employment and income of participants in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and Medicaid.
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The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2022 to 2032
In CBO’s projections, assuming that current laws generally remain unchanged, the federal deficit totals $1.0 trillion in fiscal year 2022 and averages $1.6 trillion per year from 2023 to 2032. Real GDP grows by 3.1 percent this year.
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Budgetary Effects of a Policy That Would Lower the Age of Eligibility for Medicare to 60
CBO and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation estimate that lowering the age of Medicare eligibility to 60 would increase federal budget deficits, change primary sources of health insurance, and increase the number of people insured.
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How CBO Analyzes the Distribution of Household Income, Means-Tested Transfers, and Taxes
Presentation by Bilal Habib, an analyst in CBO’s Tax Analysis Division, to the Committee on National Statistics of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
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Testimony on a Single-Payer Health Care System That Is Based on Medicare’s Fee-for-Service Program
CBO Director Phillip Swagel testifies before the Senate Budget Committee.
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The Economic Effects of Waiting to Stabilize Federal Debt
CBO analyzes the economic effects of waiting to stabilize federal debt. The longer action is delayed, the larger the policy changes needed to stabilize debt. The timing and type of policy would determine its effects on different age and income groups.