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Health Care

Growth in spending on health care programs is one of the central fiscal challenges facing the federal government. Health care spending per person has grown faster than the nation's economic output per person by about 1 1/2 percentage points per year, on average, for the past few decades. This rapid growth poses a challenge for federal health care programs like Medicare and Medicaid, and also for state and local governments and for the private sector. CBO devotes a large share of its resources to studying proposals that would make narrow or broad changes in the nation's systems for delivering and financing health care.

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Estimates for the Insurance Coverage Provisions of the Affordable Care Act Updated for the Recent Supreme Court Decision

Jul 2012 - Updated estimates of the budgetary effects of the health insurance coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) taking into account the Supreme Court decision that essentially made the expansion of the Medicaid program under the ACA a state option.

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Response to the Supreme Court’s Decision Regarding the Affordable Care Act

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June 28, 2012


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S. 3187, the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, with an Amendment

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June 19, 2012

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Breakfast with Reporters

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June 14, 2012


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H.R. 2356, WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2012

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June 7, 2012

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H.R. 2903, FEMA Reauthorization Act of 2012

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CBO Testified on the Long-Term Budget Outlook

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