Social Security
- Report
The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2018 to 2028
In CBO’s projections, the economy grows relatively quickly this year and next and then more slowly in the following several years. The federal budget deficit rises substantially, boosting federal debt to nearly 100 percent of GDP by 2028.
- Report
CBO’s 2017 Long-Term Projections for Social Security: Additional Information
This year, in lieu of publishing a separate report providing additional information on the agency’s long-term projections for Social Security, CBO is publishing the data that it would have presented in that report.
- Report
Changes to CBO’s Long-Term Social Security Projections Since 2016
This report explains the changes to CBO’s long-term Social Security projections since last year. Compared with those made in July 2016, CBO’s latest projections indicate a slight improvement in the financial outlook for Social Security.
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 3120, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the volume of future electronic health record-related significant hardship requests
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 4, 2017
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 3263, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration program
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 4, 2017
- Report
Measuring the Adequacy of Retirement Income: A Primer
This report explains the various measures and approaches for quantifying the adequacy of retirement income, providing a framework for further analysis.
- Presentation
The Congressional Budget Office: Its Role, Long-Term Projections, and Use of Research
Presentation by Keith Hall, CBO Director, at the 19th annual meeting of the Retirement Research Consortium.
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An Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook: 2017 to 2027
Under current law, deficits in CBO’s baseline projections continue to climb over the next decade, driving up federal debt. Economic growth remains modest, at about 2.0 percent through 2018 and then 1.9 percent later in the period.
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Answers to Questions for the Record Following a Hearing on the Budget and Economic Outlook for 2017 to 2027 Conducted by the Senate Committee on the Budget
The Senate Budget Committee convened a hearing at which Director Keith Hall testified about CBO’s report The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2017 to 2027. This document provides CBO’s answers to questions submitted for the record.
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The 2017 Long-Term Budget Outlook
If current laws remained generally unchanged, the United States would face steadily increasing federal budget deficits and debt over the next 30 years—reaching the highest level of debt relative to GDP ever experienced in this country.