Medicaid and CHIP
- Working Paper
Prices for and Spending on Specialty Drugs in Medicare Part D and Medicaid: An In-Depth Analysis: Working Paper 2019-02
In 2015, brand-name specialty drugs accounted for about 30 percent of net spending on prescription drugs under Medicare Part D and Medicaid, but they accounted for only about 1 percent of all prescriptions dispensed in each program.
- Report
The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2019 to 2029
In CBO’s projections, deficits remain large by historical standards, and federal debt grows to equal 93 percent of GDP by 2029. As the effects of fiscal stimulus wane, projected economic growth falls back below the historical average.
- Report
Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2019 to 2028
CBO periodically issues a volume of options—this year’s installment presents 121—that would decrease federal spending or increase federal revenues. CBO’s website allows users to filter options by topic, date, and other categories.
- Report
The Distribution of Household Income, 2015
In 2015, average household income before accounting for means-tested transfers and federal taxes was $20,000 for the lowest quintile and $292,000 for the highest quintile. After transfers and taxes, those averages were $33,000 and $215,000.
- Report
Exploring the Growth of Medicaid Managed Care
CBO presents information on enrollment in and spending for Medicaid managed care and analyzes factors affecting those measures—including the types of beneficiaries, geographic areas, and range of services that managed care programs cover.
- Presentation
CBO’s Analyses and Projections of Federal Health Care Costs
Presentation by Robert Sunshine, Senior Advisor in CBO’s Office of the Director, at the 10th Annual Meeting of the OECD Network of Parliamentary Budget Officials and Independent Fiscal Institutions.
- Report
The 2018 Long-Term Budget Outlook
If current laws remain generally unchanged, CBO projects, federal budget deficits and debt would increase over the next 30 years—reaching the highest level of debt relative to GDP in the nation’s history by far.
- Presentation
Exploring the Growth of Medicaid Managed Care
Presentation by Alice Burns, an analyst in CBO’s Budget Analysis Division, and by Ben Layton and Lyle Nelson, both of CBO’s Health, Retirement, and Long-Term Analysis Division, at AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting.
- Presentation
Effective Marginal Tax Rates for Low- and Moderate-Income Workers in 2016
Presentation by Shannon Mok, an analyst in CBO’s Tax Analysis Division, for a panel organized by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, and Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin.
- Presentation
Prices for and Spending on Specialty Drugs in Medicare Part D and Medicaid
Presentation by Anna Anderson-Cook, Jared Maeda, and Lyle Nelson (all of CBO’s Health, Retirement, and Long-Term Analysis Division) at the conference of the American Society of Health Economists.