Health Care
- Report
CBO’s Projections of Federal Health Care Spending
In a letter to Senator Whitehouse, CBO gauges the accuracy of its projections of federal health care spending over time. In 2010, CBO overestimated mandatory spending for health care in its projections for the 2010–2020 period.
- Cost Estimate
S. 326, VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2023
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on February 16, 2023
- Presentation
The Budget: Health Care, Energy, and Telecommunications
Presentation by Phillip Swagel, CBO’s Director, to the Republican Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
- Presentation
How CBO Estimated the Budgetary Impact of Key Prescription Drug Provisions in the 2022 Reconciliation Act
CBO describes how it estimated the budgetary impact of three key prescription drug provisions in the 2022 reconciliation act. In total, those provisions will reduce the federal deficit by $129 billion from 2022 through 2031, CBO estimates.
- Report
The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2023 to 2033
In CBO’s projections, the federal deficit totals $1.4 trillion in 2023 and averages $2.0 trillion per year from 2024 to 2033. Real GDP growth comes to a halt in 2023 and then rebounds, averaging 2.4 percent from 2024 to 2027.
- Cost Estimate
H.J. Res. 7, Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020
As introduced on January 9, 2023
- Cost Estimate
CBO Estimate for Divisions O Through MM of H.R. 2617, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, Enacted as Public Law 117-328 on December 29, 2022
Public Law 117-328 as enacted on December 29, 2022