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Private Health Insurance

According to CBO's estimates, 154 million Americans under the age of 65 currently have an employment-based health insurance plan as their primary source of coverage, and several million other people have primary health insurance coverage purchased directly from an insurer. National health expenditures in 2011 were about $2.7 trillion, of which private insurance financed about one-third. Much of the agency’s recent work in this area has focused on the effects of the Affordable Care Act on private health insurance.
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Letter to the Honorable John Boehner providing an estimate for H.R. 6079, the Repeal of Obamacare Act

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July 24, 2012

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

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July 24, 2012

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Upcoming Health Care Analyses

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July 23, 2012


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Update on CBO's Response to the Supreme Court's Decision Regarding the Affordable Care Act

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July 9, 2012


CBO’s Estimate of the Net Budgetary Impact of the Affordable Care Act’s Health Insurance Coverage Provisions Has Not Changed Much Over Time

May 2013 - This blog post describes in more detail CBO’s revised expectations about sources of people’s insurance coverage and the net budgetary impact of those revisions, as reflected in CBO’s May 2013 baseline projections.

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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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H.R. 1004, Health Flexible Spending Arrangements Improvements Act of 2012

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June 4, 2012

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H.R. 5858, Health Savings Account Improvements Act of 2012

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June 4, 2012

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H.R. 5842, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2012

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June 4, 2012

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H.R. 436, the Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2012

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June 4, 2012

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