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CBO has just released a revised estimate of the net budgetary impact of H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, the health care reform bill that was passed by the House of Representatives on November 7. The revised estimate corrects a mistake that CBO made in its earlier assessment of a provision that would establish the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program, a federal insurance program for long-term care.
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Letter to the Honorable Harry Reid
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Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on September 10, 2009
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Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on November 4, 2009
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Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 18, 2009
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Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 18, 2009
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Revised cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives
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CBO just released a letter responding to questions from Congressman Ryan about H.R. 3961, the Medicare Physicians Payment Reform Act of 2009, which is scheduled to be considered by the House of Representatives today. Congressman Ryan inquired about the total budgetary impact of enacting that bill, which would increase the rates Medicare pays to physicians, along with H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, the broad health care reform bill passed by the House of Representatives a few weeks ago.
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Last night CBO and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) issued an estimate of the budgetary effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act proposed by Senator Reid.
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act proposed yesterday by Senator Reid and H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act passed by the House of Representatives, contain very similar proposals regarding long-term care insurance. Both proposals would establish a voluntary federal program for such insurance, termed the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program.