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Health
This listing includes all of CBO's publications on health. A special collection on health also includes background information, cost estimates, and presentations.
2009
- The Budgetary Effects of Expanding Governmental Support for Preventive Care and Wellness Services
August 7, 2009
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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, 2009
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Letter to the Honorable Dave Camp
- Approaches for Giving the President Broad Authority to Change Medicare
July 25, 2009
pdf blog
Letter to the Honorable Steny H. Hoyer
- Effects of Changes to the Health Insurance System on Labor Markets
July 13, 2009
pdf blog
Economic and Budget Issue Brief
- Likely Effects of Substantially Expanding Eligibility for Medicaid
July 7, 2009
pdf blog
Letter to the Honorable Judd Gregg
- Additional Information on CBO's Analysis of the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act
July 6, 2009
pdf blog
Letter to the Honorable Kay R. Hagan
- CBO's Long-Term Model: An Overview
June 2009
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- Health Care Reform and the Federal Budget
June 16, 2009
html pdf blog
Letter to the Honorable Kent Conrad and the Honorable Judd Gregg
- Response to Questions About Health Care Industry Stakeholders' Proposals
June 16, 2009
html pdf blog
Letter to the Honorable Dave Camp
- Preliminary Analysis of Major Provisions Related to Health Insurance Coverage Under the Affordable Health Choices Act
June 15, 2009
html pdf blog
Letter to the Honorable Edward M. Kennedy
- The Effects of Proposals to Increase Cost Sharing in TRICARE
June 2009
summary html pdf blog
- The Budgetary Treatment of Proposals to Change the Nation's Health Insurance System
May 27, 2009
html pdf blog
Economic and Budget Issue Brief
- Information on Options for the Medicare Advantage Program's Benchmarks for Federal Payments
May 18, 2009
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Letter to the Honorable Mike Crapo
- An Assessment of the Potential Effects of the Reductions in Medicare's Payment Rates for Physicians Called for Under Current Law
March 27, 2009
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Letter to the Honorable John M. Spratt Jr.
- Options for Controlling the Cost and Increasing the Efficiency of Health Care
March 10, 2009
html pdf webcast blog
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives
- Options for Expanding Health Insurance Coverage and Controlling Costs
February 25, 2009
html pdf webcast blog
Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate
- The Department of Veterans Affairs' Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor Program
February 25, 2009
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Letter to the Honorable Kent Conrad
- Expanding Health Insurance Coverage and Controlling Costs for Health Care
February 10, 2009
html pdf webcast blog
Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate
2008
- Key Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposals
December 2008
pdf charts blog
- Budget Options, Volume 1: Health Care
December 2008
pdf charts blog
- New Ideas About Human Behavior in Economics and Medicine
October 2008
pdf blog
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 2008
pdf webcast blog
CBO Director Peter Orszag's presentation to the Center for Public Health, Stanford University
- U.S. Policy Regarding Pandemic-Influenza Vaccines
September 2008
html pdf blog
- Behavioral Economics: Lessons from Retirement Research for Health Care and Beyond
August 2008
html pdf webcast blog
A Presentation by CBO Director Peter Orszag to the Retirement Research Consortium
- Evidence on the Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology
July 24, 2008
html pdf blog
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, 2008
html pdf webcast blog
Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate
- Increasing the Value of Federal Spending on Health Care
July 16, 2008
html pdf webcast blog
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, 2008
html pdf webcast blog
Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate
- Opportunities to Increase Efficiency in Health Care
June 16, 2008
html pdf webcast blog
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, 2008
html pdf blog
Economic and Budget Issue Brief
- Health Costs and Health Information Technology
June 2008
pdf webcast blog
CBO Director Peter Orszag's presentation to The Alliance for Health Reform
Related:
- Accounting for Sources of Projected Growth in Federal Spending on Medicare and Medicaid
May 29, 2008
html pdf blog
Economic and Budget Issue Brief
- Health Care and Behavioral Economics
May 2008
html pdf blog
CBO Director Peter Orszag's presentation to the National Academy of Social Insurance
- Evidence on the Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology
May 2008
html pdf blog
- Covering Uninsured Children in the State Children's Health Insurance Program
May 15, 2008
html pdf webcast blog
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives
- Health Care Reform
May 2008
audio webcast blog
CBO Director Peter Orszag's presentation at a Health Affairs forum
- Preliminary Analysis of a Proposal for Comprehensive Health Insurance
May 1, 2008
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Letter to the Honorable Ron Wyden and the Honorable Robert F. Bennett
- Assessment of Economic Stimulus from Increases in Federal Medicaid Assistance and Grants to States and in Funding for Infrastructure Projects
April 17, 2008
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Letter to the Honorable John D. Rockefeller IV
- Growing Disparities in Life Expectancy
April 17, 2008
html pdf blog
- Covering Uninsured Children in the State Children's Health Insurance Program
April 9, 2008
html pdf webcast blog
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health Care, Committee on Finance, United States Senate
- Estimated Changes in Net Federal Outlays from Alternative Proposals for Changing Physician Payment Rates
March 2008
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- The Long-Term Budgetary Effects of Three Specified Policy Scenarios
March 14, 2008
html pdf blog
Letter to the Honorable John M. Spratt Jr.
- Fact Sheet for CBO's March 2008 Baseline: SCHIP
March 2008
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- Health Care: Capturing the Opportunity in the Nation's Core Fiscal Challenge
March 2008
pdf webcast blog
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 2008
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Presentation by CBO Director Peter Orszag
- Taxes and Health Insurance
February 2008
pdf audio blog
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 2008
html pdf webcast blog
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 2008
html pdf blog
- Technological Change and the Growth of Health Care Spending
January 2008
html pdf charts blog
- Testimony on Growth in Health Care Costs
January 31, 2008
html pdf charts webcast blog
Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate
- Society of Government Economists Distinguished Lecture on Economics
January 2008
pdf blog
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 2007
html pdf blog
- The Budgetary Impact of Section 651 of H.R. 3162, the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007
December 20, 2007
html pdf
Letter to the Honorable Jon Kyl
- Research on the Comparative Effectiveness of Medical Treatments: Issues and Options for an Expanded Federal Role
December 2007
html pdf blog
- The Cost of Maintaining SCHIP in 2008
December 2007
html pdf blog
- The Impact of Unauthorized Immigrants on the Budgets of State and Local Governments
December 2007
pdf blog
- The Long-Term Outlook for Health Care Spending
November 2007
pdf audio webcast
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 2007
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CBO Director Peter Orszag's keynote address at The Tax Council's Fall Annual Meeting and Holiday Luncheon
- Presentation on the Long-Term Outlook for Health Care Spending
November 2007
pdf audio webcast
CBO Director Peter Orszag's presentation at the New America Foundation
Related:
- The Long-Term Outlook for Health Care Spending
November 2007
html pdf data blog
Related:
- 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, 2007
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Letter to the Honorable Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
- Background Paper: CBO's Health Insurance Simulation Model: A Technical Description
October 2007
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- Health Care Issues and Challenges for Reform
October 2007
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- Additional Information on the Budgetary Impact of H.R. 380, the Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act
October 26, 2007
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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, 2007
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Letter to the Honorable Nancy Pelosi
- Response to Questions asked about the SCHIP Enrollment Table
October 18, 2007
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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, 2007
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Testimony before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives
- Additional Information on Medicare Advantage Provisions of the CHAMP Act
October 10, 2007
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Letter to the Honorable Jim McCrery
- Impact of the Evidence Shortfall on Health Care Costs, Public Budgets, and the Economy
October 2007
pdf audio audio 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, 2007
html pdf webcast
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, 2007
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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, 2007
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Letter to the Honorable Sam Johnson
- Information on Bids by Medicare Advantage Plans
August 17, 2007
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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, 2007
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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, 2007
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Letter to the Honorable Pete Stark
- Estimates of the Number of Uninsured Children Who Are Eligible for Medicaid or SCHIP
July 24, 2007
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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 2007
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- The Federal Burden for Health Care Spending
July 2007
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CBO Director Peter Orszag's speech to the National Economists Club
- Health Care Issues and Challenges for Reform
July 2007
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- Testimony on the Medicare Advantage Program
June 28, 2007
html pdf webcast
Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives
- Medicare Advantage: Private Health Plans in Medicare
June 28, 2007
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- Testimony on Health Care and the Budget: Issues and Challenges for Reform
June 21, 2007
html pdf webcast
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, 2007
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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 2007
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- Challenges of Health Care Costs
June 2007
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- Evidence-Based Medicine
May 2007
audio
CBO Director Peter Orszag's keynote address at the Avalere Health Conference
- Conference Call on "The State Children's Health Insurance Program"
May 10, 2007
audio
Related:
- The State Children's Health Insurance Program
May 2007
html pdf
Related:
- Medicare Advantage Statistics by State
April 17, 2007
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Letter to the Honorable Ron Wyden
- Effects of Medicare's Drug Pricing on Other Purchasers
April 16, 2007
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Letter to the Honorable Debbie Stabenow
- Testimony on the Medicare Advantage Program: Enrollment Trends and Budgetary Effects
April 11, 2007
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Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate
- Issues Regarding Drug Price Negotiation in Medicare
April 10, 2007
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Letter to the Honorable Ron Wyden
- Cost Estimate of Draft Legislation that Would Change Medicare's Prescription Drug Program
April 10, 2007
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Letter to the Honorable Max Baucus
- Testimony on the Medicare Advantage Program: Trends and Options
March 21, 2007
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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 2007
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- Potential Effects of Disclosing Price Rebates on the Medicare Drug Benefit
March 12, 2007
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Letter to the Honorable Joe Barton and the Honorable Jim McCrery
- Long-Term Spending on Entitlement Programs
March 8, 2007
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Letter to the Honorable Jeb Hensarling
- Detailed Projections for Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program
March 2007
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- Testimony on Medicare's Payments to Physicians: Options for Changing the Sustainable Growth Rate
March 1, 2007
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Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate
- Fact Sheet for CBO's March 2007 Baseline: SCHIP
March 2007
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- CBO's Estimate of the President's Proposals for Medicaid/SCHIP
March 2007
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- Testimony on Future Medical Spending by the Department of Veterans Affairs
February 15, 2007
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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 2007
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2006
- Designing a Premium Support System for Medicare
December 2006
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- Nonprofit Hospitals and the Provision of Community Benefits
December 2006
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- Nonprofit Hospitals and Tax Arbitrage
December 6, 2006
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Letter to the Honorable William "Bill" M. Thomas
- Consumer-Directed Health Plans: Potential Effects on Health Care Spending and Outcomes
December 2006
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- Research and Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry
October 2006
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- The Sustainable Growth Rate Formula for Setting Medicare's Physician Payment Rates
September 7, 2006
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- Testimony on Medicare's Physician Payment Rates and the Sustainable Growth Rate
July 25, 2006
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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, 2006
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Letter to the Honorable Larry E. Craig
- Testimony on Medicaid Spending Growth and Options for Controlling Costs
July 13, 2006
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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, 2006
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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, 2006
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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, 2006
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Letter to the Honorable Fortney Pete Stark
- Background Paper: Medical Malpractice Tort Limits and Health Care Spending
April 2006
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2005
- Analysis of Potential Claims Under S. 852, the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2005
December 19, 2005
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Letter to the Honorable Arlen Specter
- A Potential Influenza Pandemic: Possible Macroeconomic Effects and Policy Issues
December 8, 2005
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Letter to the Honorable William H. Frist, M.D.
- The Long-Term Budget Outlook
December 2005
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- Testimony on Estimates of the Potential Cost of Claims Under the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act
November 17, 2005
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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, 2005
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- The Effects of S. 662 on the Long-Term Financial Outlook of the U.S. Postal Service
September 1, 2005
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Letter to the Honorable Judd Gregg
- Response to Questions About CBO's Estimates of Revenues and Spending Under the Asbestos Trust Fund (S. 852)
September 1, 2005
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Letter to the Honorable Kent Conrad
- Background Paper: The Price Sensitivity of Demand for Nongroup Health Insurance
August 2005
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- Testimony on Payments for Prescription Drugs Under Medicaid
July 20, 2005
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Testimony before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate
- The Rebate Medicaid Receives on Brand-Name Prescription Drugs
June 21, 2005
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Letter to the Honorable Charles E. Grassley
- Prices for Brand-Name Drugs Under Selected Federal Programs
June 2005
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- Testimony on Implications of Demographic Changes for the Budget and the Economy
May 19, 2005
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Testimony before the Committee on Ways and Means
- High-Cost Medicare Beneficiaries
May 2005
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- Testimony on the Cost and Financing of Long-Term Care Services
April 27, 2005
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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, 2005
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- Testimony on the Cost and Financing of Long-Term Care Services
April 19, 2005
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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 2005
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- Updated Estimates of Spending for the Medicare Prescription Drug Program
March 4, 2005
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Letter to the Honorable Joe Barton
- The Potential Cost of Meeting Demand for Veterans' Health Care
March 2005
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- Projection of Spending for the Medicare Part D Benefit
February 16, 2005
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Letter to the Honorable Joe Barton
- Projection of Spending for the Medicare Part D Benefit
February 9, 2005
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Letter to the Honorable William "Bill" M. Thomas
2004
- Medicaid's Reimbursement to Pharmacies for Prescription Drugs
December 2004
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- An Analysis of the Literature on Disease Management Programs
October 13, 2004
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Letter to the Honorable Don Nickles
- CBO's Analysis of Regional Preferred Provider Organizations Under the Medicare Modernization Act
October 2004
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- A Detailed Description of CBO's Cost Estimate for the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
July 2004
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- The Effects of Tort Reform: Evidence from the States
June 2004
html pdf
- Testimony on Medicare's Physician Fee Schedule
May 5, 2004
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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, 2004
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- Financing Long-Term Care for the Elderly
April 2004
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- Testimony on Estimating the Cost of the Medicare Modernization Act
March 24, 2004
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Testimony before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives
- Testimony on the Uninsured and Rising Health Insurance Premiums
March 9, 2004
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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, 2004
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Letter to the Honorable Ron Wyden
- Comparison of CBO and Administration Estimates of the Effect of H.R. 1 on Direct Spending
February 2, 2004
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Letter to the Honorable Jim Nussle
- Testimony on Health Care Spending and the Uninsured
January 28, 2004
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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, 2004
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Letter to the Honorable William H. Frist, M.D.
- Limiting Tort Liability for Medical Malpractice
January 8, 2004
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2003
- The Long-Term Budget Outlook
December 2003
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- Letter to the Honorable Ted Stevens regarding H.R. 1, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
November 20, 2003
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- Letter to the Honorable Don Nickles providing additional information about CBO's cost estimate for the conference agreement on H.R. 1
November 20, 2003
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- Medicare Beneficiaries Who Receive Health Insurance Provided by Employers
November 14, 2003
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Letter to the Honorable William "Bill" M. Thomas
- Comparing Budgetary and Trust Fund Measures of the Outlook for Social Security and Medicare
October 10, 2003
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- The Economics of U.S. Tort Liability: A Primer
October 2003
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- Growth in Medical Spending by the Department of Defense
September 9, 2003
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- Growth in Medical Spending by the Department of Defense
September 2003
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- Letter to the Honorable Don Nickles regarding veterans' health care
August 29, 2003
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- Letter to the Honorable Orrin G. Hatch regarding S. 1, the Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003
August 27, 2003
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- How Many People Lack Health Insurance and For How Long?
May 12, 2003
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Brief based on the CBO paper of the same title
Related:
- How Many People Lack Health Insurance and For How Long?
May 2003
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Related:
- Testimony on Medicare's Long-Term Financial Condition
April 10, 2003
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Testimony before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States
- Testimony on Prescription Drug Coverage and Medicare's Fiscal Challenges
April 9, 2003
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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, 2003
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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, 2003
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- Memo regarding projected spending for prescription drugs by and on behalf of Medicare enrollees
February 2003
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2002
- The Impact of Social Security and Medicare on the Federal Budget
November 14, 2002
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- The Impact of Trust Fund Programs on Federal Budget Surpluses and Deficits
November 4, 2002
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- Issues in Designing a Prescription Drug Benefit for Medicare
October 2002
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- Letter to the Honorable W. J. "Billy" Tauzin regarding H.R. 4954, the Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act of 2002
September 24, 2002
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- Testimony on Disease Management in Medicare: Data Analysis and Benefit Design Issues
September 19, 2002
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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, 2002
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- Preliminary cost estimate of S. 812 as Modified by the Edwards-Collins Amendment
July 2002
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- Memorandum on the estimate of S. 543, the Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act
July 2002
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- Memorandum on CBO's estimate of S. 543, The Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 2001
May 2002
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- Preliminary Cost Estimates of the Effects on Direct Spending of Establishing a Prescription Drug Benefit in Medicare
April 2002
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- Memorandum on the preliminary analysis of selected mental health parity legislative options
March 2002
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- Testimony on Projections of Medicare and Prescription Drug Spending
March 7, 2002
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Testimony before the Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate
- Testimony on Medicare's Payments to Physicians
February 28, 2002
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Testimony before the Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, U.S. House of Representatives
- Testimony on Projections of Medicare Spending Under Current Law
February 28, 2002
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Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, 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, 2001
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- 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, 2001
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- Testimony on Medicare Reform: Providing Prescription Drug Coverage for Seniors
May 16, 2001
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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, 2001
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- Testimony on Laying the Groundwork for a Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
March 27, 2001
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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, 2001
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Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate
- Testimony on Medicare Solvency
March 20, 2001
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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, 2000
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- Letter to the Honorable Frank R. Lautenberg regarding the assumptions underlying CBO's estimates of proposals for a Medicare prescription drug benefit
September 1, 2000
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- CBO's Analysis of the Health Insurance Initiatives in the Mid-Session Review
July 2000
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- The New Economy: A Congressional Budget Office Briefing
June 2000
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- Options to Expand Federal Health, Retirement, and Education Activities
June 2000
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- Testimony on a CBO Analysis of the Administration's Prescription Drug Proposal
May 11, 2000
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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 2000
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- Testimony on Association Health Plans
February 16, 2000
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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, 2000
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- Increasing Small-Firm Health Insurance Coverage Through Association Health Plans and HealthMarts
January 2000
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1999
- Testimony on Medicare for Future Generations
September 22, 1999
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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, 1999
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Testimony before the Committee on Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives
- Testimony on the President's Proposal for Medicare Reform
July 22, 1999
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- Testimony on the Budgetary Impact of H.R. 2116, the Veterans' Millennium Health Care Act
June 30, 1999
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- Testimony on Health Care Costs and Insurance Coverage
June 11, 1999
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- Testimony on the Impact of the Balanced Budget Act on the Medicare Fee-for-Service Program
June 10, 1999
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Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate
- Testimony on Medicare+Choice
June 9, 1999
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- Testimony on Medicare Reform
May 26, 1999
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- Testimony on the Implications of Medicare Financing for the Federal Budget
May 5, 1999
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- Letter to the Honorable Tom Daschle regarding S.6, the Patients' Bill of Rights
April 23, 1999
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- An Analysis of the President's Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year 2000
April 1999
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- Testimony on The Financial Status of Medicare
March 18, 1999
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- Projections of Expenditures for Long-Term Care Services for the Elderly
March 1999
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- Letter to the Honorable John Breaux regarding a preliminary review of the premium support model as a foundation for Medicare reform
February 18, 1999
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1998
1997
- Budgetary Implications of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997
December 1997
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- Testimony on 2010 and Beyond: Preparing Medicare for the Baby Boomers
August 25, 1997
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- Testimony on Medicare Subvention and Other Pending Legislation
May 8, 1997
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- Testimony on Medicare Payment Policies for Post-Acute Care
April 9, 1997
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Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate
- Testimony on Proposals to Expand Health Coverage for Children
April 8, 1997
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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 1997
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- Trends in Health Care Spending by the Private Sector
April 1997
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- Testimony on Estimates of the President's Proposals for Medicare, Medicaid, and Welfare
March 4, 1997
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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 1997
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- Testimony on Medicare's Policies for Health Maintenance Organizations
February 25, 1997
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- Testimony on Baseline Projections for Medicare and Medicaid
February 12, 1997
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- Testimony on the Magnitude of the Financial Crisis in Medicare
February 12, 1997
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1996
1995
- Medicare and Graduate Medical Education
September 1995
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- Testimony on Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in Medicare
July 31, 1995
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Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate
- Testimony on the Status of the Medicaid Program
June 29, 1995
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Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate
- Testimony on the Status of the Medicaid Program
June 21, 1995
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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, 1995
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Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate
- Testimony on the Financial Status of the Medicare Program
May 4, 1995
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Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate
- Testimony on the Financial Status of the Medicare Program
May 2, 1995
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Testimony before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives
- Testimony on Growth in Medicaid Spending
April 4, 1995
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Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives
- Testimony on Federal Entitlement Spending
February 1, 1995
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Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate
- The Effects of Managed Care and Managed Competition
February 1995
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1994
- An Analysis of Congressman Gephardt's Health Proposal
December 1994
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- An Analysis of the Bipartisan Health Care Reform Act
October 1994
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- An Analysis of Congressman Michel's Health Proposal
August 1994
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- A Preliminary Analysis of Senator Mitchell's Health Proposal
August 1994
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- The Budgetary Treatment of an Individual Mandate to Buy Health Insurance
August 1994
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- Health Care Trends and the Tax Treatment of Health Care Institutions
August 1994
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- A Preliminary Analysis of the Health Security Act as Reported by the Senate Committee on Finance
July 1994
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- Health Care Reform Mark Estimate
June 1994
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Letter to the Honorable Sam M. Gibbons
- How Health Care Reform Affects Pharmaceutical Research and Development
June 1994
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- Testimony on the Managed Competition Act of 1993
May 4, 1994
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Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate
- Testimony on the Tax Treatment of Employment-Based Health Insurance
April 26, 1994
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Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate
- Testimony on Reforming the Military Health Care System
April 19, 1994
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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 1994
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- An Analysis of the Managed Competition Act
April 1994
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- Testimony on the Budgetary Implications of Continuing Disability Reviews
March 10, 1994
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Testimony before the Subcommittee on Social Security, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives
- Effects of Managed Care: An Update
March 1994
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- The Tax Treatment of Employment-Based Health Insurance
March 1994
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- An Analysis of the Administration's Health Proposal
February 1994
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1993
- Preliminary Estimate of the Effects of H.R. 1200, American Health Security Act of 1993, on Government Outlays and National Health Expenditures
December 1993
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- Preliminary Estimate of the Effects of S. 491, American Health Security Act of 1993, on Government Outlays and National Health Expenditures
December 1993
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- Controlling the Rate of Growth of Private Health Insurance Premiums
September 1993
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- Estimates of Health Care Proposals from the 102nd Congress
July 1993
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- Trends in Health Spending: An Update
June 1993
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- Administrative Simplification in the Health Care System
May 25, 1993
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Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives
- Military Care System
May 10, 1993
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Testimony before the Subcommittee on Military Forces and Personnel, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives
- Managed Competition and Its Potential to Reduce Health Spending
May 1993
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- Single-Payer and All-Payer Health Insurance Systems Using Medicare's Payment Rates
April 1993
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- Economic Implications of Rising Health Care Costs
March 2, 1993
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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, 1993
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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, 1993
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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, 1993
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Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives
1992
- Projections of National Health Expenditures
October 1992
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- Economic Implications of Rising Health Care Costs
October 1992
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- The Potential Impact of Certain Forms of Managed Care on Health Care Expenditures
August 1992
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- The Potential of Direct Expenditure Limits to Control Health Care Spending
July 1992
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- The Effects of Managed Care on Use and Costs of Health Services
June 1992
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- Testimony on Comprehensive Health Care Reform
May 6, 1992
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Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate
- Factors Contributing to the Growth of the Medicaid Program
May 1992
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- Testimony on the Use by Private Payers of Medicare-Based Payment Rates for Hospital and Physician Services
April 8, 1992
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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, 1992
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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, 1992
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Testimony before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives
1991
- Universal Health Insurance Coverage Using Medicare's Payment Rates
December 1991
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- Rural Hospitals and Medicare's Prospective Payment System
December 1991
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- Testimony on Health Care Costs
October 9, 1991
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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, 1991
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- Restructuring Health Insurance for Medicare Enrollees
August 1991
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- Testimony on Health Care Costs
July 11, 1991
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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, 1991
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Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives
- Selected Options for Expanding Health Insurance Coverage
July 1991
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- Options for Extending Medicare's Payment Rates and Covering the Uninsured
July 1991
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CBO Paper
- Policy Choices for Long-Term Care
June 1991
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- Testimony on Health Insurance
April 23, 1991
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Testimony before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives
- Testimony on Health Care Costs
April 9, 1991
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Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate
- Rising Health Care Costs: Causes, Implications, and Strategies
April 1991
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- Impact of Legislation (1981-1990) on Federal Spending for Medicare
April 1, 1991
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Staff Memorandum
- Medicare and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: Impact on Enrollees, Hospitals, and Physicians
February 1, 1991
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Staff Memorandum
- Trends in Health Expenditures by Medicare and the Nation
January 1991
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1990
1989
1988
- The Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988
October 1988
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- Including Capital Expenses in the Prospective Payment System
August 1988
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- Testimony on the Economics of the Baby Boom's Retirement
May 10, 1988
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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, 1988
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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, 1988
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Testimony before the Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation, Committe on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives
- Recent Trends in Medicare Costs
March 1988
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1987
- Testimony on Entitlement Programs
November 9, 1987
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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, 1987
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Testimony before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate
- Testimony on Financing Long-Term Care
October 1, 1987
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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, 1987
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Testimony before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives
- A Comparison of Selected Catastrophic Bills
August 1987
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- Testimony on Medicare's Prospective Payment System
April 7, 1987
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Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Finance, United States Senate
- Testimony on the Financing of Catastrophic Insurance Benefits Under Medicare
March 26, 1987
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Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate
- Background Information on Out-of-Pocket Costs Under Medicare
March 1987
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- Testimony on the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative
March 12, 1987
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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, 1987
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Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives
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