Health

This listing includes all of CBO's publications on health. A special collection on health also includes background information, cost estimates, and presentations.

2010

Preliminary Analysis of Rivlin-Ryan Health Care Proposal
November 17, 2010 pdf
Letter to the Honorable Paul Ryan

The Effect of the March Health Legislation on Prescription Drug Prices
November 4, 2010pdf
Letter to the Honorable Paul Ryan

Economic Effects of the March Health Legislation
October 2010pdfblog post
CBO Director Doug Elmendorf's presentation at the Schaeffer Center of the University of Southern California

Potential Costs of Veterans' Health Care
October 2010pdfblog post

Effects of Using Generic Drugs on Medicare's Prescription Drug Spending
September 2010pdfblog post

How Does Obesity in Adults Affect Spending on Health Care?
September 8, 2010pdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

Deficit Impact of Certain Health Care Proposals Considered by the Congress
August 24, 2010pdf
Letter to the Honorable Mike Crapo

Analysis of a Proposal to Offer a Public Plan Through the New Health Insurance Exchanges
July 22, 2010pdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable Fortney Pete Stark

Additional Information About High-Risk Insurance Pools Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
June 21, 2010pdf
Letter to the Honorable Michael B. Enzi

Health Costs and the Federal Budget
May 2010pdfblog post
CBO Director Doug Elmendorf's presentation to the Institute of Medicine

H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
May 2010pdfblog post
Additional information on the potential discretionary costs of implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)

Related:

The Effects of Health Reform on the Federal Budget
April 2010pdfblog post
Presentation by CBO Director Doug Elmendorf to the World Health Care Congress

Responses to Questions About CBO's Preliminary Estimate of the Direct Spending and Revenue Effects of H.R. 4872, the Reconciliation Act of 2010
March 19, 2010pdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable Paul Ryan

Related:

Fact Sheet for CBO's March 2010 Baseline: CHIP
March 2010pdf

An Analysis of the Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2010
January 27, 2010pdfadditional infoblog post
Letter to the Honorable Paul Ryan

Additional Information on the Effect of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund
January 22, 2010pdf
Letter to the Honorable Jeff Sessions

Estimated Premiums for "Bronze" Coverage Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
January 11, 2010pdf
Letter to the Honorable Olympia Snowe

 

2009

Responses to Questions on the Effects of Tort Reform
December 29, 2009pdf
Letter to the Honorable Bruce L. Braley

Correction Regarding the Longer-Term Effects of the Manager's Amendment to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
December 20, 2009pdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable Harry Reid

Related:

Additional Information on the Effects of Tort Reform
December 10, 2009pdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable John D. Rockefeller IV

Promotional Spending for Prescription Drugs
December 2, 2009htmlpdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

An Analysis of Health Insurance Premiums Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
November 30, 2009pdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable Evan Bayh

Additional Information on CLASS Program Proposals
November 25, 2009pdf
Letter to the Honorable Tom Harkin

Related:

Additional Information on CLASS Program Proposals
November 25, 2009pdf
Letter to the Honorable George Miller

Related:

Analysis of Subsidies and Payments at Different Income Levels
November 20, 2009pdf
Letter to the Honorable Harry Reid

Related:

Information on Medicare's Payments to Physicians and the Budgetary Effects of H.R. 3961, the Medicare Physicians Payment Reform Act of 2009
November 19, 2009pdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable Paul Ryan

Aging and Health: The Challenges of Entitlement Growth
November 2009pdfblog post
CBO Director Doug Elmendorf's presentation to the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

Analysis of Subsidies to and Payments by Enrollees in Insurance Exchanges Under the Affordable Health Care for America Act
November 2, 2009pdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable Charles B. Rangel

Different Measures for Analyzing Current Proposals to Reform Health Care
October 30, 2009pdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable Max Baucus

Pharmaceutical R&D; and the Evolving Market for Drugs
October 26, 2009htmlpdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

CBO's Analysis of the Effects of Proposals to Limit Costs Related to Medical Malpractice ("Tort Reform")
October 9, 2009pdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable Orrin G. Hatch

Analysis of Subsidies to and Payments by Enrollees in Insurance Exchanges Under the America's Healthy Future Act
October 9, 2009additional info

An Analysis of Premiums Under the Chairman's Mark of the America's Healthy Future Act
September 22, 2009pdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable Max Baucus

Additional Information on Insurance Coverage for Unauthorized Immigrants Under Proposed Health Care Legislation
September 22, 2009pdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable Chuck Grassley

Supplemental Information on Potential Effects of the Affordable Health Choices Act
September 10, 2009pdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable Michael B. Enzi

The Estimated Change in Medicare Part D Premiums from Provisions in H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009
August 28, 2009pdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable Dave Camp

Quality Initiatives Undertaken by the Veterans Health Administration
August 2009summarypdfblog post

The Budgetary Effects of Expanding Governmental Support for Preventive Care and Wellness Services
August 7, 2009htmlpdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable Nathan Deal

Additional Information Regarding the Effects of Specifications in the America's Affordable Health Choices Act Pertaining to Health Insurance Coverage
July 26, 2009pdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable Dave Camp

Approaches for Giving the President Broad Authority to Change Medicare
July 25, 2009pdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable Steny H. Hoyer

Effects of Changes to the Health Insurance System on Labor Markets
July 13, 2009htmlpdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

Likely Effects of Substantially Expanding Eligibility for Medicaid
July 7, 2009pdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable Judd Gregg

Additional Information on CBO's Analysis of the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act
July 6, 2009pdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable Kay R. Hagan

Background Paper: CBO's Long-Term Model: An Overview
June 2009pdf

Response to Questions About Health Care Industry Stakeholders' Proposals
June 16, 2009htmlpdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable Dave Camp

Health Care Reform and the Federal Budget
June 16, 2009htmlpdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable Kent Conrad and the Honorable Judd Gregg

Preliminary Analysis of Major Provisions Related to Health Insurance Coverage Under the Affordable Health Choices Act
June 15, 2009htmlpdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable Edward M. Kennedy

The Effects of Proposals to Increase Cost Sharing in TRICARE
June 2009summaryhtmlpdfblog post

The Budgetary Treatment of Proposals to Change the Nation's Health Insurance System
May 27, 2009htmlpdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

Information on Options for the Medicare Advantage Program's Benchmarks for Federal Payments
May 18, 2009pdf
Letter to the Honorable Mike Crapo

Estimated Effect on Direct Spending and Revenues of Title IV of Division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Health Information Technology
May 2009pdf

An Assessment of the Potential Effects of the Reductions in Medicare's Payment Rates for Physicians Called for Under Current Law
March 27, 2009pdf
Letter to the Honorable John M. Spratt Jr.

Options for Controlling the Cost and Increasing the Efficiency of Health Care
March 10, 2009htmlpdfwebcastblog post
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives

The Department of Veterans Affairs' Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor Program
February 25, 2009pdf
Letter to the Honorable Kent Conrad

Options for Expanding Health Insurance Coverage and Controlling Costs
February 25, 2009htmlpdfwebcastblog post
Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

Expanding Health Insurance Coverage and Controlling Costs for Health Care
February 10, 2009htmlpdfwebcastblog post
Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate

 

2008

Key Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposals
December 2008htmlpdfchartsblog post

Budget Options, Volume 1: Health Care
December 2008pdfchartsblog post

New Ideas About Human Behavior in Economics and Medicine
October 2008pdfblog post
CBO Director Peter Orszag's presentation at the Eighth Annual Marshall J. Seidman Lecture, Harvard Medical School

A Federal Perspective on Health Care Policy and Costs
September 2008pdfwebcastblog post
CBO Director Peter Orszag's presentation to the Center for Public Health, Stanford University

U.S. Policy Regarding Pandemic-Influenza Vaccines
September 2008htmlpdfblog post

Behavioral Economics: Lessons from Retirement Research for Health Care and Beyond
August 2008htmlpdfwebcastblog post
A Presentation by CBO Director Peter Orszag to the Retirement Research Consortium

Evidence on the Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology
July 24, 2008htmlpdfblog post
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

The Overuse, Underuse, and Misuse of Health Care
July 17, 2008htmlpdfwebcastblog post
Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

Increasing the Value of Federal Spending on Health Care
July 16, 2008htmlpdfwebcastblog post
Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives

The Long-Term Budget Outlook and Options for Slowing the Growth of Health Care Costs
June 17, 2008htmlpdfwebcastblog post
Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

Opportunities to Increase Efficiency in Health Care
June 16, 2008htmlpdfwebcastblog post
Statement at the Health Reform Summit of the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

Increasing Transparency in the Pricing of Health Care Services and Pharmaceuticals
June 5, 2008htmlpdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

Health Costs and Health Information Technology
June 2008pdfwebcastblog post
CBO Director Peter Orszag's presentation to The Alliance for Health Reform

Health Care and Behavioral Economics
May 2008htmlpdfblog post
CBO Director Peter Orszag's presentation to the National Academy of Social Insurance

Accounting for Sources of Projected Growth in Federal Spending on Medicare and Medicaid
May 29, 2008htmlpdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

Evidence on the Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology
May 2008htmlpdfblog post

Covering Uninsured Children in the State Children's Health Insurance Program
May 15, 2008htmlpdfwebcastblog post
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives

Preliminary Analysis of a Proposal for Comprehensive Health Insurance
May 1, 2008pdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable Ron Wyden and the Honorable Robert F. Bennett

Health Care Reform
May 2008audiowebcastblog post
CBO Director Peter Orszag's presentation at a Health Affairs forum

Assessment of Economic Stimulus from Increases in Federal Medicaid Assistance and Grants to States and in Funding for Infrastructure Projects
April 17, 2008pdf
Letter to the Honorable John D. Rockefeller IV

Growing Disparities in Life Expectancy
April 17, 2008htmlpdfblog post

Covering Uninsured Children in the State Children's Health Insurance Program
April 9, 2008htmlpdfwebcastblog post
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health Care, Committee on Finance, United States Senate

The Long-Term Budgetary Effects of Three Specified Policy Scenarios
March 14, 2008htmlpdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable John M. Spratt Jr.

Estimated Changes in Net Federal Outlays from Alternative Proposals for Changing Physician Payment Rates
March 2008pdf

Fact Sheet for CBO's March 2008 Baseline: SCHIP
March 2008pdf

Health Care: Capturing the Opportunity in the Nation's Core Fiscal Challenge
March 2008pdfwebcastblog post
CBO Director Peter Orszag's presentation at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs

Presentation to the National Association for Business Economics
March 2008pdf
Presentation by CBO Director Peter Orszag

Taxes and Health Insurance
February 2008pdfaudioblog post
CBO Director Peter Orszag's presentation to the Tax Policy Center and the American Tax Policy Institute

The Outlook for Spending on Health Care and Long-Term Care
February 2008htmlpdfwebcastblog post
CBO Director Peter Orszag's presentation to the National Governors Association's Health and Human Service's Committee

Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending
February 2008htmlpdfblog post

Technological Change and the Growth of Health Care Spending
January 2008htmlpdfchartsblog post

Testimony on Growth in Health Care Costs
January 31, 2008htmlpdfchartswebcastblog post
Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate

Society of Government Economists Distinguished Lecture on Economics
January 2008pdfblog post
CBO Director Peter Orszag's presentation at the annual meeting of Allied Social Science Associations

 

2007

The Health Care System for Veterans: An Interim Report
December 2007htmlpdfblog post

The Budgetary Impact of Section 651 of H.R. 3162, the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007
December 20, 2007htmlpdf
Letter to the Honorable Jon Kyl

Research on the Comparative Effectiveness of Medical Treatments: Issues and Options for an Expanded Federal Role
December 2007htmlpdfblog post

The Cost of Maintaining SCHIP in 2008
December 2007htmlpdfblog post

The Impact of Unauthorized Immigrants on the Budgets of State and Local Governments
December 2007pdfblog post

The Long-Term Outlook for Health Care Spending
November 2007pdfaudiowebcast
Presentation at the American Enterprise Institute. (Also delivered on November 14, 2007, to the Tax Council and on November 11, 2007, to the New America Foundation)

The Budget Outlook and Health Care Challenges
November 2007pdfaudio
CBO Director Peter Orszag's keynote address at The Tax Council's Fall Annual Meeting and Holiday Luncheon

The Long-Term Outlook for Health Care Spending
November 2007htmlpdfadditional infoblog post

Related:

Presentation on the Long-Term Outlook for Health Care Spending
November 2007pdfaudiowebcast
CBO Director Peter Orszag's presentation at the New America Foundation

Information on Current Spending for Anti-Tuberculosis Programs and a Comparison of That Funding to the Authorization of Appropriations for Similar Activities Contained in H.R. 1567
November 2, 2007htmlpdf
Letter to the Honorable Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Background Paper: CBO's Health Insurance Simulation Model: A Technical Description
October 2007pdf

Health Care Issues and Challenges for Reform
October 2007pdf

Additional Information on the Budgetary Impact of H.R. 380, the Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act
October 26, 2007htmlpdf
Letter to the Honorable Rahm Emanuel

Additional Information on CBO's Estimate of the Budgetary Impact of Section 211 of H.R. 3963, the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007
October 25, 2007pdf
Letter to the Honorable Nancy Pelosi

Response to Questions asked about the SCHIP Enrollment Table
October 18, 2007pdf
Letter to the Honorable John D. Dingell

Testimony on Projecting the Costs to Care for Veterans of U.S. Military Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
October 17, 2007htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives

Additional Information on Medicare Advantage Provisions of the CHAMP Act
October 10, 2007pdf
Letter to the Honorable Jim McCrery

Impact of the Evidence Shortfall on Health Care Costs, Public Budgets, and the Economy
October 2007pdfaudioaudio transcript
CBO Director Peter Orszag's presentation at the Institute of Medicine's 2007 annual meeting

Testimony on Performance Budgeting: Applications to Health Insurance Programs and Tax Policy
September 20, 2007htmlpdfwebcast
Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives

Estimate of Section 904 (Comparative Effectiveness Research) of H.R. 3162, the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007
September 5, 2007pdf
Letter to the Honorable Pete Stark

Estimate of the Budgetary Impact of Section 651 of H.R. 3162, the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007
August 17, 2007pdf
Letter to the Honorable Sam Johnson

Information on Bids by Medicare Advantage Plans
August 17, 2007pdf
Letter to the Honorable John M. Spratt Jr.

Effect of the Administration's Proposal for a Tax Deduction for Health Insurance on the Number of Uninsured Children
July 30, 2007htmlpdf
Letter to the Honorable Max Baucus

Preliminary Budgetary Estimates of the CHAMP Act Based on the Version of the Legislation Made Public on July 24, 2007
July 25, 2007pdf
Letter to the Honorable Pete Stark

Estimates of the Number of Uninsured Children Who Are Eligible for Medicaid or SCHIP
July 24, 2007htmlpdf
Letter to the Honorable Max Baucus

Background Paper: The Impact of Medicare's Payment Rates on the Volume of Services Provided by Skilled Nursing Facilities
July 2007pdf

The Federal Burden for Health Care Spending
July 2007audio
CBO Director Peter Orszag's speech to the National Economists Club

Health Care Issues and Challenges for Reform
July 2007pdf

Medicare Advantage: Private Health Plans in Medicare
June 28, 2007htmlpdf

Testimony on the Medicare Advantage Program
June 28, 2007htmlpdfwebcast
Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives

Testimony on Health Care and the Budget: Issues and Challenges for Reform
June 21, 2007htmlpdfwebcast
Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate

Testimony on Research on the Comparative Effectiveness of Medical Treatments: Options for an Expanded Federal Role
June 12, 2007htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Background Paper: Factors Underlying the Growth in Medicare's Spending for Physicians' Services
June 2007pdf

Challenges of Health Care Costs
June 2007pdf

Evidence-Based Medicine
May 2007audio
CBO Director Peter Orszag's keynote address at the Avalere Health Conference

Conference Call on "The State Children's Health Insurance Program"
May 10, 2007audio

The State Children's Health Insurance Program
May 2007htmlpdf

Medicare Advantage Statistics by State
April 17, 2007pdf
Letter to the Honorable Ron Wyden

Effects of Medicare's Drug Pricing on Other Purchasers
April 16, 2007pdf
Letter to the Honorable Debbie Stabenow

Testimony on the Medicare Advantage Program: Enrollment Trends and Budgetary Effects
April 11, 2007pdfwebcast
Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

Cost Estimate of Draft Legislation that Would Change Medicare's Prescription Drug Program
April 10, 2007pdf
Letter to the Honorable Max Baucus

Issues Regarding Drug Price Negotiation in Medicare
April 10, 2007pdf
Letter to the Honorable Ron Wyden

Testimony on the Medicare Advantage Program: Trends and Options
March 21, 2007htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Costs of Covering More Children in Medicaid and SCHIP
March 2007pdf

Potential Effects of Disclosing Price Rebates on the Medicare Drug Benefit
March 12, 2007pdf
Letter to the Honorable Joe Barton and the Honorable Jim McCrery

Long-Term Spending on Entitlement Programs
March 8, 2007pdf
Letter to the Honorable Jeb Hensarling

Fact Sheet for CBO's March 2007 Baseline: SCHIP
March 2007pdf

Detailed Projections for Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program
March 2007pdf

CBO's Estimate of the President's Proposals for Medicaid/SCHIP
March 2007pdf

Testimony on Medicare's Payments to Physicians: Options for Changing the Sustainable Growth Rate
March 1, 2007pdfwebcast
Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

Testimony on Future Medical Spending by the Department of Veterans Affairs
February 15, 2007htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives

Prescription Drug Pricing in the Private Sector
January 2007pdf

 

2006

Designing a Premium Support System for Medicare
December 2006pdf

Nonprofit Hospitals and Tax Arbitrage
December 6, 2006pdf
Letter to the Honorable William "Bill" M. Thomas

Nonprofit Hospitals and the Provision of Community Benefits
December 2006pdf

Consumer-Directed Health Plans: Potential Effects on Health Care Spending and Outcomes
December 2006pdf

Research and Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry
October 2006pdf

The Sustainable Growth Rate Formula for Setting Medicare's Physician Payment Rates
September 7, 2006pdf

Testimony on Medicare's Physician Payment Rates and the Sustainable Growth Rate
July 25, 2006pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives

Potential Growth Paths for Medical Spending by the Department of Veterans Affairs
July 14, 2006pdf
Letter to the Honorable Larry E. Craig

Testimony on Medicaid Spending Growth and Options for Controlling Costs
July 13, 2006pdf
Testimony before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate

A Potential Influenza Pandemic: An Update on Possible Macroeconomic Effects and Policy Issues
May 22, 2006pdf
Letter to the Honorable William H. Frist, M.D., and the Honorable Judd Gregg

Response to Questions Regarding the Analysis Underlying CBO's Cost Estimate for S. 1955, the Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act
May 9, 2006pdf
Letter to the Honorable Edward M. Kennedy

Estimate of the Budgetary Impact of Extending the Initial Enrollment Period for the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D of Medicare)
May 1, 2006pdf
Letter to the Honorable Fortney Pete Stark

Background Paper: Medical Malpractice Tort Limits and Health Care Spending
April 2006pdf

 

2005

Analysis of Potential Claims Under S. 852, the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2005
December 19, 2005pdf
Letter to the Honorable Arlen Specter

A Potential Influenza Pandemic: Possible Macroeconomic Effects and Policy Issues
December 8, 2005pdf
Letter to the Honorable William H. Frist, M.D.

The Long-Term Budget Outlook
December 2005pdfadditional info

Testimony on Estimates of the Potential Cost of Claims Under the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act
November 17, 2005pdf
Testimony before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate

Letter to the Honorable Arlen Specter and the Honorable Patrick J. Leahy regarding S. 852, the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Act of 2005
November 16, 2005pdf

Response to Questions About CBO's Estimates of Revenues and Spending Under the Asbestos Trust Fund (S. 852)
September 1, 2005htmlpdf
Letter to the Honorable Kent Conrad

The Effects of S. 662 on the Long-Term Financial Outlook of the U.S. Postal Service
September 1, 2005pdf
Letter to the Honorable Judd Gregg

Background Paper: The Price Sensitivity of Demand for Nongroup Health Insurance
August 2005pdf

Testimony on Payments for Prescription Drugs Under Medicaid
July 20, 2005htmlpdf
Testimony before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate

The Rebate Medicaid Receives on Brand-Name Prescription Drugs
June 21, 2005pdf
Letter to the Honorable Charles E. Grassley

Prices for Brand-Name Drugs Under Selected Federal Programs
June 2005pdf

Testimony on Implications of Demographic Changes for the Budget and the Economy
May 19, 2005pdf
Testimony before the Committee on Ways and Means

High-Cost Medicare Beneficiaries
May 2005htmlpdf

Testimony on the Cost and Financing of Long-Term Care Services
April 27, 2005htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives

Changes in Participation in Means-Tested Programs
April 20, 2005htmlpdf

Testimony on the Cost and Financing of Long-Term Care Services
April 19, 2005htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Table of Estimates of Proposals to Revise Medicare Payments for Physicians' Services
March 2005pdf

Updated Estimates of Spending for the Medicare Prescription Drug Program
March 4, 2005htmlpdf
Letter to the Honorable Joe Barton

The Potential Cost of Meeting Demand for Veterans' Health Care
March 2005htmlpdf

Projection of Spending for the Medicare Part D Benefit
February 16, 2005htmlpdf
Letter to the Honorable Joe Barton

Projection of Spending for the Medicare Part D Benefit
February 9, 2005htmlpdf
Letter to the Honorable William "Bill" M. Thomas

 

2004

Medicaid's Reimbursement to Pharmacies for Prescription Drugs
December 2004htmlpdf

An Analysis of the Literature on Disease Management Programs
October 13, 2004htmlpdf
Letter to the Honorable Don Nickles

CBO's Analysis of Regional Preferred Provider Organizations Under the Medicare Modernization Act
October 2004htmlpdf

A Detailed Description of CBO's Cost Estimate for the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
July 2004htmlpdf

The Effects of Tort Reform: Evidence from the States
June 2004htmlpdf

Testimony on Medicare's Physician Fee Schedule
May 5, 2004htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives

Would Prescription Drug Importation Reduce U.S. Drug Spending?
April 29, 2004htmlpdf

Financing Long-Term Care for the Elderly
April 2004htmlpdf

Testimony on Estimating the Cost of the Medicare Modernization Act
March 24, 2004htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Testimony on the Uninsured and Rising Health Insurance Premiums
March 9, 2004htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Authority to Negotiate Prices for Single-Source Drugs for Medicare Beneficiaries
March 3, 2004htmlpdf
Letter to the Honorable Ron Wyden

Comparison of CBO and Administration Estimates of the Effect of H.R. 1 on Direct Spending
February 2, 2004htmlpdf
Letter to the Honorable Jim Nussle

Testimony on Health Care Spending and the Uninsured
January 28, 2004htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate

Estimate of the Effect of Striking the "Noninterference" Provision as Added by P.L. 108-173, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
January 23, 2004htmlpdf
Letter to the Honorable William H. Frist, M.D.

Limiting Tort Liability for Medical Malpractice
January 8, 2004htmlpdf

 

2003

The Long-Term Budget Outlook
December 2003htmlpdf

Letter to the Honorable Don Nickles providing additional information about CBO's cost estimate for the conference agreement on H.R. 1
November 20, 2003htmlpdf

Letter to the Honorable Ted Stevens regarding H.R. 1, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
November 20, 2003htmlpdf

Medicare Beneficiaries Who Receive Health Insurance Provided by Employers
November 14, 2003htmlpdf
Letter to the Honorable William "Bill" M. Thomas

Letter to the Honorable J. Dennis Hastert regarding CBO's cost estimate for S. 1125, the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2003
November 7, 2003htmlpdf

Comparing Budgetary and Trust Fund Measures of the Outlook for Social Security and Medicare
October 10, 2003htmlpdf

The Economics of U.S. Tort Liability: A Primer
October 2003htmlpdf

Growth in Medical Spending by the Department of Defense
September 9, 2003htmlpdf

Growth in Medical Spending by the Department of Defense
September 2003htmlpdf

Letter to the Honorable Don Nickles regarding veterans' health care
August 29, 2003htmlpdf

Letter to the Honorable Orrin G. Hatch regarding S. 1, the Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003
August 27, 2003htmlpdf

How Many People Lack Health Insurance and For How Long?
May 12, 2003htmlpdf
Brief based on the CBO paper of the same title

How Many People Lack Health Insurance and For How Long?
May 2003htmlpdf

Related:

Testimony on Medicare's Long-Term Financial Condition
April 10, 2003htmlpdf
Testimony before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States

Testimony on Prescription Drug Coverage and Medicare's Fiscal Challenges
April 9, 2003htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Testimony on the Medicare Challenge: It's Not Just About Prescription Drugs
March 20, 2003htmlpdf
Testimony before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate

Letter to the Honorable Don Nickles and Jim Nussle regarding rates for Medicare payments to physicians
February 11, 2003htmlpdf

Memo regarding projected spending for prescription drugs by and on behalf of Medicare enrollees
February 2003htmlpdf

 

2002

The Impact of Social Security and Medicare on the Federal Budget
November 14, 2002htmlpdf

The Impact of Trust Fund Programs on Federal Budget Surpluses and Deficits
November 4, 2002htmlpdf

Issues in Designing a Prescription Drug Benefit for Medicare
October 2002htmlpdf

Letter to the Honorable W. J. "Billy" Tauzin regarding H.R. 4954, the Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act of 2002
September 24, 2002htmlpdf

Testimony on Disease Management in Medicare: Data Analysis and Benefit Design Issues
September 19, 2002htmlpdf
Testimony before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate

Letter to the Honorable William "Bill" M. Thomas regarding CBO's cost estimate for H.R. 4954, the Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act of 2002
July 27, 2002htmlpdf

Preliminary cost estimate of S. 812 as Modified by the Edwards-Collins Amendment
July 2002htmlpdf

Memorandum on the estimate of S. 543, the Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act
July 2002htmlpdf

Memorandum on CBO's estimate of S. 543, The Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 2001
May 2002htmlpdf

Preliminary Cost Estimates of the Effects on Direct Spending of Establishing a Prescription Drug Benefit in Medicare
April 2002pdf

Memorandum on the preliminary analysis of selected mental health parity legislative options
March 2002htmlpdf

Testimony on Projections of Medicare and Prescription Drug Spending
March 7, 2002htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate

Testimony on Projections of Medicare Spending Under Current Law
February 28, 2002htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives

Testimony on Medicare's Payments to Physicians
February 28, 2002htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, U.S. House of Representatives

 

2001

Letter to the Honorable Michael Bilirakis regarding CBO's estimate of the costs of a prescription drug benefit in Medicare
August 10, 2001htmlpdf

Letter to the Honorable Max Baucus regarding updated estimates of the direct spending effects of four proposals from the 106th Congress for a prescription drug benefit in Medicare (Tables 1 and 5 corrected 08/10/2001)
June 11, 2001htmlpdf

Testimony on Medicare Reform: Providing Prescription Drug Coverage for Seniors
May 16, 2001pdf
Testimony before the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, U.S. House of Representatives

Letter to the Honorable Don Nickles regarding the estimated ultimate effect of S. 283 on premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance
April 23, 2001htmlpdf

Testimony on Laying the Groundwork for a Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
March 27, 2001htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, U.S. House of Representatives

Testimony on Prescription Drugs and Medicare Financing
March 22, 2001htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

Testimony on Medicare Solvency
March 20, 2001htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

 

2000

Letter to the Honorable Tom Bliley regarding H.R. 5291, the Beneficiary Health Improvement Act
October 2, 2000htmlpdf

Letter to the Honorable Frank R. Lautenberg regarding the assumptions underlying CBO's estimates of proposals for a Medicare prescription drug benefit
September 1, 2000htmlpdf

CBO's Analysis of the Health Insurance Initiatives in the Mid-Session Review
July 2000htmlpdf

The New Economy: A Congressional Budget Office Briefing
June 2000htmlpdf

Options to Expand Federal Health, Retirement, and Education Activities
June 2000htmlpdf

Testimony on a CBO Analysis of the Administration's Prescription Drug Proposal
May 11, 2000htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

An Analysis of the President's Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year 2001
April 2000htmlpdf

Testimony on Association Health Plans
February 16, 2000htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Small Business, U.S. House of Representatives

Letter to the Honorable Don Nickles regarding the long-run effects of S. 1344 and H.R. 2990 on the premiums for employer-sponsored health plans
February 10, 2000htmlpdf

Increasing Small-Firm Health Insurance Coverage Through Association Health Plans and HealthMarts
January 2000htmlpdf

 

1999

Testimony on Medicare for Future Generations
September 22, 1999htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Testimony on the Impact of the Balanced Budget Act on the Medicare Fee-for-Service Program
September 15, 1999htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives

Testimony on the President's Proposal for Medicare Reform
July 22, 1999htmlpdf

Testimony on the Budgetary Impact of H.R. 2116, the Veterans' Millennium Health Care Act
June 30, 1999htmlpdf

Testimony on Health Care Costs and Insurance Coverage
June 11, 1999htmlpdf

Testimony on the Impact of the Balanced Budget Act on the Medicare Fee-for-Service Program
June 10, 1999htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

Testimony on Medicare+Choice
June 9, 1999htmlpdf

Testimony on Medicare Reform
May 26, 1999htmlpdf

Testimony on the Implications of Medicare Financing for the Federal Budget
May 5, 1999htmlpdf

Letter to the Honorable Tom Daschle regarding S.6, the Patients' Bill of Rights
April 23, 1999htmlpdf

An Analysis of the President's Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year 2000
April 1999htmlpdf

Testimony on The Financial Status of Medicare
March 18, 1999htmlpdf

Projections of Expenditures for Long-Term Care Services for the Elderly
March 1999htmlpdf

Letter to the Honorable John Breaux regarding a preliminary review of the premium support model as a foundation for Medicare reform
February 18, 1999htmlpdf

 

1998

How Increased Competition from Generic Drugs Has Affected Prices and Returns in the Pharmaceutical Industry
July 1998htmlpdf

Long-Term Budgetary Pressures and Policy Options
May 1998htmlpdf

The Proposed Tobacco Settlement: Issues from a Federal Perspective
April 1998htmlpdf

Expanding Health Insurance Coverage for Children Under Title XXI of the Social Security Act
February 1998htmlpdf

Proposals to Subsidize Health Insurance for the Unemployed
January 1998htmlpdf

 

1997

Budgetary Implications of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997
December 1997pdf

Medicare+Choice Provisions in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997
November 1997pdf
Staff Memorandum

Testimony on 2010 and Beyond: Preparing Medicare for the Baby Boomers
August 25, 1997htmlpdf

Testimony on Medicare Subvention and Other Pending Legislation
May 8, 1997html

Testimony on Medicare Payment Policies for Post-Acute Care
April 9, 1997htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

Testimony on Proposals to Expand Health Coverage for Children
April 8, 1997htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Behind the Numbers: An Explanation of CBO's January 1997 Medicaid Baseline
April 1997htmlpdf

Trends in Health Care Spending by the Private Sector
April 1997pdf

Testimony on Estimates of the President's Proposals for Medicare, Medicaid, and Welfare
March 4, 1997htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

Predicting How Changes in Medicare's Payment Rates Would Affect Risk-Sector Enrollment and Costs
March 1997pdf

Testimony on Medicare's Policies for Health Maintenance Organizations
February 25, 1997htmlpdf

Testimony on Baseline Projections for Medicare and Medicaid
February 12, 1997htmlpdf

Testimony on the Magnitude of the Financial Crisis in Medicare
February 12, 1997htmlpdf

Medicare Spending on Post-Acute Care Services: A Preliminary Analysis
January 1997pdf

 

1996

Biased Selection in Medicare's HMOs
July 1996pdf
Staff Memorandum

Trends in Health Spending by the Private Sector and Medicare
June 1996pdf

CBO's Estimates of the Impact on Employers of the Mental Health Parity Amendment in H.R. 3103
May 1996pdf

Testimony on Estimating the Budgetary Impact of Changing Eligibility for Veterans' Health Care
May 8, 1996htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate

Testimony on the Financial Status of the Medicare Program
April 30, 1996htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Testimony on Medicare Subvention for the Department of Defense
March 7, 1996htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Committee on National Security, U.S. House of Representatives

The High-Deductible/MSA Option Under Medicare: Exploring the Implications of the Balanced Budget Act of 1995
March 1996htmlpdf

How the Medicaid Rebate on Prescription Drugs Affects Pricing in the Pharmaceutical Industry
January 1996htmlpdf

 

1995

Medicaid Per Capita Cap Proposals
December 1995pdf
Staff Memorandum

Medicare and Graduate Medical Education
September 1995htmlpdf

Testimony on Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in Medicare
July 31, 1995htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

Testimony on the Status of the Medicaid Program
June 29, 1995htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

Testimony on the Status of the Medicaid Program
June 21, 1995htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, Committee on Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives

Testimony on the Financial Status of the Medicare Program
May 11, 1995htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

Testimony on the Financial Status of the Medicare Program
May 4, 1995htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate

Testimony on the Financial Status of the Medicare Program
May 2, 1995htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Managed Care and the Medicare Program
April 1995pdf
Staff Memorandum

Testimony on Growth in Medicaid Spending
April 4, 1995htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives

The Effects of Managed Care and Managed Competition
February 1995htmlpdf

Testimony on Federal Entitlement Spending
February 1, 1995htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate

 

1994

An Analysis of Congressman Gephardt's Health Proposal
December 1994htmlpdf

An Analysis of the Bipartisan Health Care Reform Act
October 1994htmlpdf

An Analysis of Congressman Michel's Health Proposal
August 1994htmlpdf

A Preliminary Analysis of Senator Mitchell's Health Proposal
August 1994htmlpdf

The Budgetary Treatment of an Individual Mandate to Buy Health Insurance
August 1994htmlpdf

Health Care Trends and the Tax Treatment of Health Care Institutions
August 1994htmlpdf

A Preliminary Analysis of the Health Security Act as Reported by the Senate Committee on Finance
July 1994htmlpdf

Health Care Reform Mark Estimate
June 1994pdf
Letter to the Honorable Sam M. Gibbons

How Health Care Reform Affects Pharmaceutical Research and Development
June 1994htmlpdf

Testimony on the Managed Competition Act of 1993
May 4, 1994htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

Testimony on the Tax Treatment of Employment-Based Health Insurance
April 26, 1994htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

Testimony on Reforming the Military Health Care System
April 19, 1994htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Military Forces and Personnel, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives

A Qualitative Analysis of the Heritage Foundation and Pauly Group Proposals to Restructure the Health Insurance System
April 1994htmlpdf

An Analysis of the Managed Competition Act
April 1994htmlpdf

Testimony on the Budgetary Implications of Continuing Disability Reviews
March 10, 1994htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Social Security, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Effects of Managed Care: An Update
March 1994htmlpdf

The Tax Treatment of Employment-Based Health Insurance
March 1994pdf

An Analysis of the Administration's Health Proposal
February 1994htmlpdf

 

1993

Preliminary Estimate of the Effects of H.R. 1200, American Health Security Act of 1993, on Government Outlays and National Health Expenditures
December 1993pdf

Preliminary Estimate of the Effects of S. 491, American Health Security Act of 1993, on Government Outlays and National Health Expenditures
December 1993pdf

Evaluating the Costs of Expanding the Champus Reform Initiative Into Washington and Oregon
November 1993pdf

Behavioral Assumptions for Estimating the Effects of Health Care Proposals
November 1993pdf

Projections of National Health Expenditures: 1993 Update
October 1993pdf
Staff Memorandum

Controlling the Rate of Growth of Private Health Insurance Premiums
September 1993pdf

The Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital Benefit Under Medicare
July 1993pdf
Staff Memorandum

Estimates of Health Care Proposals from the 102nd Congress
July 1993pdf

Trends in Health Spending: An Update
June 1993pdf

Administrative Simplification in the Health Care System
May 25, 1993pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Military Care System
May 10, 1993pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Military Forces and Personnel, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives

Responses to Uncompensated Care and Public-Program Controls on Spending: Do Hospitals "Cost Shift"?
May 1993pdf

Managed Competition and Its Potential to Reduce Health Spending
May 1993pdf

Single-Payer and All-Payer Health Insurance Systems Using Medicare's Payment Rates
April 1993pdf

Economic Implications of Rising Health Care Costs
March 2, 1993pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Effect of Health Care Spending on the Federal Deficit
February 17, 1993pdf
Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives

Examining the Effects that Cost Containment Provisions in Health Legislation Would have on National Health Expenditures
February 2, 1993pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Trends in the Number of People Without Insurance and the Costs of Health Care
January 26, 1993pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

 

1992

Projections of National Health Expenditures
October 1992pdf

Economic Implications of Rising Health Care Costs
October 1992pdf

The Potential Impact of Certain Forms of Managed Care on Health Care Expenditures
August 1992htmlpdf

The Potential of Direct Expenditure Limits to Control Health Care Spending
July 1992pdf

The Effects of Managed Care on Use and Costs of Health Services
June 1992pdf

Testimony on Comprehensive Health Care Reform
May 6, 1992htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

Factors Contributing to the Growth of the Medicaid Program
May 1992pdf

Testimony on the Use by Private Payers of Medicare-Based Payment Rates for Hospital and Physician Services
April 8, 1992htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Testimony on the Budgetary Outlook for the Military's Health Care System
April 7, 1992htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives

Testimony on the President's Comprehensive Health Reform Program
March 4, 1992htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Factors Contributing to the Infant Mortality Ranking of the United States
February 1992htmlpdf

 

1991

Rural Hospitals and Medicare's Prospective Payment System
December 1991pdf

Universal Health Insurance Coverage Using Medicare's Payment Rates
December 1991pdf

Testimony on Health Care Costs
October 9, 1991pdf
Testimony before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Testimony on the Federal Budget Estimate of the Oregon Medicaid Demonstration Project
September 16, 1991pdf

Restructuring Health Insurance for Medicare Enrollees
August 1991pdf

Testimony on Health Care Costs
July 11, 1991pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Testimony on Trends in the Number of People without Insurance and the Costs of Health Care
July 10, 1991pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives

Options for Extending Medicare's Payment Rates and Covering the Uninsured
July 1991pdf
CBO Paper

Selected Options for Expanding Health Insurance Coverage
July 1991pdf

Policy Choices for Long-Term Care
June 1991pdf

Testimony on Health Insurance
April 23, 1991pdf
Testimony before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Testimony on Health Care Costs
April 9, 1991pdf
Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

Rising Health Care Costs: Causes, Implications, and Strategies
April 1991pdf

Impact of Legislation (1981-1990) on Federal Spending for Medicare
April 1, 1991pdf
Staff Memorandum

Medicare and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: Impact on Enrollees, Hospitals, and Physicians
February 1, 1991pdf
Staff Memorandum

Trends in Health Expenditures by Medicare and the Nation
January 1991pdf

 

1990

Options for Paying Military Physicians
July 1990pdf

Estimated Impact of Legislation from 1981 through 1989 on Medicare Disbursements
June 1990pdf

Medicare's Disproportionate Share Adjustment For Hospitals
May 1990pdf

Managed Care and the Medicare Program: Background and Evidence
May 1990pdf

Physician Payment Reform Under Medicare
April 1990pdf

 

1989

Updated Estimates of Medicare's Catastrophic Drug Insurance Program
October 1989pdf

Comparison of Current Congressional Proposals for Changing Medicare's System for Paying Physicians
October 1989pdf

Subsidies Under Medicare and the Potential for Disenrollment Under a Voluntary Catastrophic Program
September 1989pdf

Background Material on the Catastrophic Drug Insurance Program
July 1989pdf

Testimony on the Costs of Expanding Coverage Provided by the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988
June 1, 1989pdf
Testimony before the Senate Finance Committee, United States Senate

Setting Medicare's Indirect Teaching Adjustment for Hospitals
May 1989pdf

Impact of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act on Enrollees by Selected Demographic Characteristics
January 1989pdf

 

1988

The Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988
October 1988pdf

Including Capital Expenses in the Prospective Payment System
August 1988htmlpdf

Testimony on the Economics of the Baby Boom's Retirement
May 10, 1988pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Social Security, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Testimony on H.R. 2508, the Minimum Health Benefits for All Workers Act
April 15, 1988pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives

Testimony on the Costs of the Military Health Care System
March 9, 1988pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation, Committe on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives

Recent Trends in Medicare Costs
March 1988pdf

 

1987

A Comparison of House and Senate Catastrophic Bills
December 1987pdf

Testimony on Entitlement Programs
November 9, 1987pdf
Testimony before the Income Security Task Force, Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives

Testimony on S. 1265, the Minimum Health Benefits for All Workers Act of 1987
November 4, 1987pdf
Testimony before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate

Testimony on Financing Long-Term Care
October 1, 1987pdf
Testimony before the Health Task Force, Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives

Testimony on Medicare's Supplementary Medical Insurace Program
September 30, 1987pdf
Testimony before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

A Comparison of Selected Catastrophic Bills
August 1987pdf

Testimony on Medicare's Prospective Payment System
April 7, 1987pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Finance, United States Senate

Testimony on the Financing of Catastrophic Insurance Benefits Under Medicare
March 26, 1987pdf
Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

Background Information on Out-of-Pocket Costs Under Medicare
March 1987pdf

Testimony on the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative
March 12, 1987pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives

Testimony on Medicare's Prospective Payment System
February 26, 1987pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

 

1986

A Methodology for Estimating the Impacts of Extending Medicaid Coverage to All Pregnant Women and Children With Incomes Below the Poverty Level
August 1986pdf

Physician Reimbursement Under Medicare: Options for Change
April 1986htmlpdf

Testimony on the Elderly and Health Care Expenditures
March 26, 1986pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives

 

1985

Testimony on Medicare's Prospective Payment System
September 30, 1985pdf
Testimony before the Task Force on Health, Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives

Testimony on Hospitals and Medicare's Prospective Payment System
July 29, 1985pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Finance, United States Senate

The Indirect Teaching Adjustment for Medicare's Prospective Payment System: Issues and Options
May 1985pdf

 

1984

An Analysis of the Impacts of a DRG-Specific Price Blending Option for Medicare's Prospective Payment System
December 1984pdf

Poverty Among Children
December 1984pdf

Medicare Contracting for Administrative Services: Competitive Alternatives
November 1984htmlpdf

Hospital Insurance Trust Fund
September 13, 1984pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Veterans Administration Health Care: Planning for Future Years
April 1984pdf

Hospital Acquisitions
March 21, 1984pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Proceedings of the Conference on the Future of Medicare, February 1, 1984
February 1984pdf
Conference sponsored by the House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, WMCP: 98-23in [Large document size 18 MB]

 

1983

Medicare Financing Problems
December 13, 1983pdf
Testimony before the Special Committee on Aging, Unites States Senate

An Introduction to the Medicare Financing Problem
December 1983

Poverty Status in the United States
October 18, 1983pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and the Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Projected Spending Under Human Resources Programs
September 1983htmlpdf

Cost-Sharing in Medicare
May 16, 1983pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Finance, United States Senate

Background on Capital Spending by Hospitals and Options for Medicare's Capital Reimbursement Policy
May 6, 1983pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives

Providing Health Coverage for the Unemployed
May 1983htmlpdf

Scaling Medicare Benefits to Income
May 1983htmlpdf

Revised Estimates of Effects of Legislation Enacted During 1981 Affecting the Food Stamp and Child Nutrition Programs
April 1983pdf
Staff Memorandum

Projected Growth in Medicare Outlays
April 13, 1983pdf
Testimony before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate

Changing the Structure of Medicare Benefits: Issues and Options
March 1983htmlpdf

Prospects for Medicare's Hospital Insurance Trust Fund
March 1983pdf

Analysis of Medicare Hospital Reimbursement Changes in the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982
March 1983htmlpdf

Medicare Payments to Hospitals
February 14, 1983pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Health Insurance and the Unemployed
January 24, 1983pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives

 

1982

Catastrophic Medical Expenses: Patterns in the Non-Elderly, Non-Poor Population
December 1982htmlpdf

Rising Health Care Costs
November 22, 1982pdf
Subcommittee on Health and Environment, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives

Cumulative Effects of Benefit Reductions Proposed in the Administration's 1983 Budget on Selected Elderly Households
June 1982htmlpdf

Reductions in Spending for Medicare
June 15, 1982pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

An Analysis of the American Hospital Association's Proposal to Modify Medicare Hospital Reimbursement
June 1982htmlpdf

Containing Medical Care Costs Through Market Forces
May 1982htmlpdf

Health Planning: Issues for Reauthorization
March 1982htmlpdf

 

1981

Problem of the Rising Cost of Hospital Care
December 15, 1981pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives

Proposals to Stimulate Competition in the Financing and Delivery of Health Care
September 30, 1981pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Medicaid: Choices for 1982 and Beyond
June 1981htmlpdf

Professional Standards Review Organizations
March 24, 1981pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Professional Standards Review Organizations
March 23, 1981pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Finance, United States Senate

The CBO Hospital Cost Containment Model: A Technical Analysis
February 1981htmlpdf

The Impact of PSROs on Health-Care Costs: Update of CBO's 1979 Evaluation
January 1981htmlpdf

 

1980

Background Paper: Tax Subsidies for Medical Care: Current Policies and Possible Alternatives
January 1980pdf

 

1979

Controlling Rising Hospital Costs
September 1979pdf

Testimony on the Effect of the Tax Laws on Health Insurance and Medical Costs
July 9, 1979htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight, Committee on Ways and Means and the Task Force on Tax Expenditures, Committee on the Budget

Testimony on the Professional Standards Review Organizations Program
June 27, 1979htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Background Paper: The Effect of PSRO's on Health Care Costs: Current Findings and Future Evaluations
June 1979pdf

Testimony on Hospital Cost Containment Issues
May 21, 1979htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives

Background Paper: Physician Extenders: Their Current and Future Role in Medical Care Delivery
April 1979pdf

Background Paper: Profile of Health Care Coverage: The Haves and Have-Nots
March 1979pdf

 

1978

Nursing Education and Training: Alternative Federal Approaches
May 1978pdf

 

1977

Background Paper: Health Differentials Between White and Nonwhite Americans
September 1977pdf

Long-Term Care: Actuarial Cost Estimates
August 1977pdf

Background Paper: Expenditures for Health Care: Federal Programs and their Effects
August 1977pdf

The Hospital Cost Containment Act of 1977: An Analysis of the Administration's Proposal
July 1977pdf

Projected Acute-Care Bed Needs of Veterans Administration Hospitals
April 1977pdf

Long-Term Care for the Elderly and Disabled
February 1977pdf

Catastrophic Health Insurance
January 1977pdf

 

1976

The Role of Aid to Medical, Osteopathic, and Dental Students in a New Health Manpower Education Policy
August 1976pdf

National Health Insurance
February 25, 1976pdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee