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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
November 18, 2009
Cost estimate for the amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 3590, as proposed in the Senate on November 18, 2009
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ADDITIONAL INFO
* Estimated Distribution of Individual Mandate Penalties (November 20, 2009)
* Estimated Effects on Medicare Advantage Enrollment and Benefits Not Covered by Medicare (November 21, 2009)
* Estimated Effects on the Status of the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (November 21, 2009)
* Estimated Average Premiums Under Current Law (December 5, 2009)
* Additional Information about Employment-Based Coverage (December 7, 2009)
* Budgetary Treatment of Proposals to Regulate Medical Loss Ratios (December 13, 2009)
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* Estimated Premiums for "Bronze" Coverage Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Letter to the Honorable Olympia Snowe
* An Analysis of Health Insurance Premiums Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
November 30, 2009 pdf blog
Letter to the Honorable Evan Bayh
* Additional Information on CLASS Program Proposals
November 25, 2009 pdf blog
Letter to the Honorable Tom Harkin
* Analysis of Subsidies and Payments at Different Income Levels
November 20, 2009 pdf blog
Letter to the Honorable Harry Reid
Congressional Budget Office - Health
Directors Blog Blog Archive Cost Estimate for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as Proposed on November 18
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Cost Estimate for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as Proposed on November 18
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In total, CBO and JCT estimate that the legislation would increase outlays by $356 billion and increase revenues by $486 billion between 2010 and 2019.
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Based on the extrapolation described above, CBO expects that Medicare spending under the bill would increase at an average annual rate of roughly 6 percent during the next two decadeswell below the roughly 8 percent annual growth rate of the past two decades (excluding the effect of establishing the Medicare prescription drug benefit). Adjusting for inflation, Medicare spending per beneficiary under the bill would increase at an average annual rate of roughly 2 percent during the next two decadesmuch less than the roughly 4 percent annual growth rate of the past two decades. Whether such a reduction in the growth rate could be achieved through greater efficiencies in the delivery of health care or would reduce access to care or diminish the quality of care is unclear.
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