Health Care
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Cost Estimate
S. 2417, Tribal Veterans Health Care Enhancement Act
September 12, 2016As reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on June 8, 2016
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Cost Estimate
H.R. 670, Special Needs Trust Fairness and Medicaid Improvement Act
September 12, 2016As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 13, 2016
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Blog Post
CBO’s Analysis of Financial Pressures Facing Hospitals Identifies Need for Additional Research on Hospitals’ Productivity and Responses
September 8, 2016CBO’s analysis found that hospitals’ profit margins could decline by 2025. Whether hospitals could respond to those financial pressures in ways that maintain their profitability is unclear, highlighting the need for more research.
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Working Paper
Projecting Hospitals’ Profit Margins Under Several Illustrative Scenarios: Working Paper 2016-04
September 8, 2016CBO released a paper calculating hospitals’ profit margins in 2025 under several illustrative scenarios. Although hospitals could face greater financial pressure, the evidence was not sufficient to assess how hospitals might respond.
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H.R. 3299, Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2016
September 7, 2016As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 13, 2016
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Report
Testimony on CBO’s Estimates of the Budgetary Effects of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation
September 7, 2016On September 7, 2016, CBO Deputy Director Mark Hadley testified on CBO’s estimates of the budgetary effects of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives.
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Report
An Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook: 2016 to 2026
August 23, 2016The deficit under current law is projected to be larger this year, but smaller over the 2017–2026 period, than CBO projected in March. Since January, CBO has reduced its projections of GDP growth and interest rates over the coming decade.
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Cost Estimate
S. 2503, Preventing Superbugs and Protecting Patients Act
August 8, 2016As reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on April 5, 2016
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Cost Estimate
S. 2055, Medical Countermeasure Innovation Act of 2016
August 8, 2016As reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on March 14, 2016
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Cost Estimate
S. 2014, Next Generation Researchers Act
August 8, 2016As reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on April 4, 2016