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- Working Paper
More than 5,000 U.S. military personnel have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, and another 50,000 were wounded in action. A larger proportion of wounded personnel survived their wounds than was the case during the Vietnam War.
- Presentation
Presentation by Doug Elmendorf, CBO Director, at the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution.
- Blog Post
At a conference organized by the Brookings Institution, Director Doug Elmendorf discussed the ways in which CBO quantifies uncertainty and why most of the agency’s estimates are presented as point values.
- Report
Recent legislation calls for the Veterans Health Administration to expand the availability of health care to veterans. Research suggests that VHA-provided care has been cheaper than private-sector care, but future costs are uncertain.
- Cost Estimate
As passed by the Senate on November 20, 2014
- Cost Estimate
As amended and posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on December 2, 2014
- Cost Estimate
As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on December 1, 2014
- Report
CBO periodically issues a compendium of options—this installment presents 79—to inform lawmakers about the budgetary effects of ways to reduce the deficit. The report has both interactive and printable formats.
- Data and Technical Information
The Budgetary Effects of Alternative Policies Relative to CBO's April 2014 Baseline updated for the Final Physician Fee Schedule Rule
- Cost Estimate
As reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on September 18, 2014