Affordable Care Act
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Testimony on Alternative Payment Models and the Slowdown in Federal Health Care Spending
CBO’s Director of Health Analysis, Chapin White, testifies on alternative payment models and the slowdown in federal health care spending.
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Federal Budgetary Effects of the Activities of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation
CBO estimates that the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI’s) activities increased federal spending between 2011 and 2020 and will also increase it from 2021 to 2030. In 2010, CBO projected that CMMI would produce savings.
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Federal Subsidies for Health Insurance: 2023 to 2033
In 2023, federal subsidies for health insurance are estimated to be $1.8 trillion, or 7.0 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). In CBO and JCT’s projections, those net subsidies reach $3.3 trillion, or 8.3 percent of GDP, in 2033.
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CBO Publishes New Health Insurance Coverage Projections for 2023 to 2033
CBO released updated projections of health insurance coverage for people under age 65 in the journal Health Affairs.
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Health Insurance for People Younger Than Age 65: Expiration of Temporary Policies Projected to Reshuffle Coverage, 2023 to 2033
Presentation by Caroline Hanson, an analyst in CBO’s Health Analysis Division, on the agency's updated projections of health insurance coverage at a press briefing organized by Health Affairs.
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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.
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Options for Reducing the Deficit, 2023 to 2032--Volume I: Larger Reductions
CBO issues a volume describing 17 policy options that would each reduce the federal budget deficit by more than $300 billion over the next 10 years or, in the case of Social Security options, have a comparably large effect in later decades.
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Policy Approaches to Reduce What Commercial Insurers Pay for Hospitals’ and Physicians’ Services
CBO identified policy approaches that federal lawmakers could adopt to reduce the prices that commercial insurers pay for hospitals’ and physicians’ services, thereby lowering health insurance premiums and the cost of federal subsidies.
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Health Insurance Policies
CBO explains the effects of making permanent the enhanced premium tax credit structure provided in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and finalizing a proposed regulation concerning the affordability of employment-based coverage.
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Federal Subsidies for Health Insurance Coverage for People Under 65: 2022 to 2032
In CBO and JCT’s projections, net federal subsidies in 2022 for insured people under age 65 are $997 billion. In 2032, that annual amount is projected to reach $1.6 trillion.