CBO’s Analyses and Projections of Federal Health Care Costs
Presentation
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.
Spending on federal health care programs is growing rapidly, driven by rising enrollment and rising health care spending per enrollee. This presentation describes CBO’s analyses related to health care, explains how the agency uses its health insurance simulation model, and provides examples of how CBO documents its work.
