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The 2016 Long-Term Budget Outlook
July 12, 2016If current laws remained generally unchanged, the United States would face steadily increasing federal budget deficits and debt over the next 30 years—reaching the highest level of debt relative to GDP ever experienced in this country.
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Federal Subsidies for Health Insurance Coverage for People Under Age 65: 2016 to 2026
March 24, 2016CBO and the staff of the JCT project that the federal subsidies, taxes, and penalties associated with health insurance coverage for people under age 65 will result in a net subsidy from the federal government of $660 billion in 2016.
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Private Health Insurance Premiums and Federal Policy
February 11, 2016Premiums for private health insurance, which are high and rising, are affected by various federal subsidies and regulations. In 2016, the federal government will subsidize most premiums, at a cost of roughly $300 billion.
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Estimating the Effects of Federal Policies Targeting Obesity: Challenges and Research Needs
October 26, 2015CBO concludes that existing evidence does not indicate that certain policies to treat obesity would significantly reduce federal spending. Additional well-designed studies on the effects of such policies would be useful for CBO’s analysis.
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Budgetary and Economic Effects of Repealing the Affordable Care Act
June 19, 2015CBO and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation estimate that, over the next decade, a repeal of the Affordable Care Act would probably increase budget deficits with or without considering the effects of macroeconomic feedback.
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Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2015 to 2024
November 20, 2014CBO periodically issues a compendium of options—this installment presents 79—to inform lawmakers about the budgetary effects of ways to reduce the deficit. The report has both interactive and printable formats.
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Competition and the Cost of Medicare’s Prescription Drug Program
July 30, 2014Why has Medicare’s prescription drug program cost less than anticipated when the program was created? How has competition between plan sponsors affected spending? How do Medicare Part D drug prices compare to those in Medicaid?
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Health-Related Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2014 to 2023
December 5, 2013This document is a reprint of Chapter 5 of CBO’s publication Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2014 to 2023 (November 2013).
