Health Care
- Cost Estimate
S. 272, Protect Infant Formula from Contamination Act
As reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on January 28, 2026
- Blog Post
CBO's Updated Projections of the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund's Finances
CBO estimates that the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund's balance is exhausted in 2040. The balance generally increases through 2031, but spending begins to outstrip income in the following year.
- Working Paper
Key Methods That CBO Used to Estimate the Macroeconomic Effects of the 2025 Reconciliation Act: Working Paper 2026-01
The 2025 reconciliation act included a wide range of provisions that affect policies governing federal revenues and spending. This working paper describes the key methods that CBO used to estimate the law's macroeconomic effects.
- Report
The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2026 to 2036
In CBO's projections, the federal budget deficit in fiscal year 2026 is $1.9 trillion, and federal debt rises to 120 percent of GDP in 2036. Economic growth strengthens in 2026 and moderates in later years.
- Report
Answers to Questions for the Record Following a Hearing on Oversight of CBO
The House Committee on the Budget convened a hearing at which Phillip L. Swagel, CBO's Director, testified about the agency's work. This document provides CBO's answers to questions submitted for the record after the hearing.
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 3492, Protect Children’s Innocence Act
As passed by the House of Representatives on December 17, 2025
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on January 20, 2026
- Report
The Opioid Crisis: Federal Policy Approaches to Reduce Supply, Demand, and Harm
CBO describes three types of policy approaches to address the ongoing opioid crisis and assesses their effectiveness and likely budgetary effects.
- Cost Estimate
Estimated Budgetary Effects of H.R. 1834
As amended by amendment no. 1 and published in the Congressional Record, Vol. 171, No. 191 (November 12, 2025, p. H4668)
- Report
Sensitivity of the Distribution of Household Income to the Treatment of Health Insurance From 1979 to 2021
CBO provides details about how health insurance spending is measured in the agency's Distribution of Household Income report series.