Methods for Analyzing Health Insurance Coverage
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The Health Insurance Simulation Model Used in Preparing CBO’s 2018 Baseline
February 22, 2018CBO uses the Health Insurance Simulation Model to estimate the cost of various health care proposals, including the expansion of public programs, mandates for people to have insurance, and insurance market reforms.
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How CBO and JCT Analyze Major Proposals That Would Affect Health Insurance Coverage
February 22, 2018The process for analyzing major health care legislation involves three key steps: develop an analytic strategy, model the effects of the proposal, and review and write about the estimate.
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Estimating the Costs of Proposals Affecting Health Insurance Coverage
January 10, 2018Presentation by Sarah Masi, an analyst in CBO’s Budget Analysis Division, at a Congressional Research Service seminar on CBO’s methods for developing cost estimates.
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Modeling the Effects of the Individual Mandate on Health Insurance Coverage
November 14, 2017Presentation by Alexandra Minicozzi, Unit Chief of Health Insurance Modeling in CBO’s Health, Retirement, and Long-Term Analysis Division, at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Actuaries.
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Blog Post
How Does CBO Define and Estimate Health Insurance Coverage for People Under Age 65?
December 20, 2016In addition to describing how CBO defines and estimates health insurance coverage for people under 65, the agency explains its sources of data, their limitations, and how it adjusts for those limitations in preparing its estimates.
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Challenges in Estimating the Number of People With Nongroup Health Insurance Coverage Under Proposals for Refundable Tax Credits
December 20, 2016What are the challenges in estimating the number of people who would purchase health insurance in the nongroup (or individual) market under proposals to replace the current tax-based subsidies with refundable tax credits?
