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Medicare

The Medicare program provides subsidized medical insurance for the elderly and for some disabled people. Spending for Medicare totaled about $555 billion in 2012, providing coverage for about 50 million people. CBO projects that Medicare spending will continue to rise rapidly over the next decade, as baby boomers retire and spending per beneficiary continues to rise.

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What Would Be the Effect on the Deficit of Using the Chained CPI to Index Benefit Programs and the Tax Code?

posted by Emily Stern on April 18, 2013

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How Have CBO’s Projections of Spending for Medicare and Medicaid Changed Since the August 2012 Baseline?

posted by Doug Elmendorf on February 21, 2013

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    December 11, 2012

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Growth in Means-Tested Programs and Tax Credits for Low-Income Households

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February 11, 2013

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Medicare—February 2013 Baseline

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February 5, 2013

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CBO’s Long-Term Projections for Medicare and Medicaid Spending in the United States

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November 30, 2012

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    July 24, 2012

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    October 30, 2002

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Offsetting Effects of Prescription Drug Use on Medicare’s Spending for Medical Services

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November 29, 2012

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H.R. 1063, Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2011

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November 9, 2012

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S. 3391, Taking Essential Steps to Testing Act

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September 19, 2012

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Medicare's Payments to Physicians: The Budgetary Impact of Alternative Policies Relative to CBO's March 2012 Baseline

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July 31, 2012

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CBO Releases Two Analyses Related to the Affordable Care Act

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July 24, 2012


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