Medicare
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 227, Clergy Act
As reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on January 7, 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.
- 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
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.
- Blog Post
A Call for New Research in the Area of Spending on Medicare Part D
CBO is looking for new research to help explain the unexpectedly rapid growth of projected per-enrollee costs in bids from Medicare Part D plans.
- Presentation
Effects of the 2022 Reconciliation Act's Drug Provisions: What Have We Learned So Far and What Questions Remain?
Presentation by Austin Barselau, an analyst in CBO's Budget Analysis Division, and Scott Laughery, an analyst in CBO's Health Analysis Division, at a meeting of CBO's Panel of Health Advisers.
- Report
CBO's Estimates of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of Public Law 119-21
CBO provides information concerning the effects of a potential sequestration in accordance with the Statutory Pay‑As‑You‑Go Act of 2010 that could occur as a result of the enactment of the 2025 reconciliation act (Public Law 119-21).
- Blog Post
Upcoming Presentations by Staff of CBO’s Health Analysis Division
This summer, analysts in CBO's Health Analysis Division will present their work in three sessions at the 14th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon) in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Report
Potential Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of a Bill to Provide Reconciliation Pursuant to H. Con. Res. 14, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
CBO responds to questions concerning the sequestration (cancellation of budgetary resources) that would occur under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 if an enacted bill raised deficits by $2.3 trillion over 10 years.
- Presentation
The Federal Perspective on Coverage of Medications to Treat Obesity: Considerations From the Congressional Budget Office
Presentation by Noelia Duchovny, an analyst in CBO’s Health Analysis Division, at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Workshop on GLP-1-Based Therapies.