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CBO's Outlook for Long-Term Health Care Spending
Read moreHealth care spending is arguably the most important part of CBO's long-term outlook, being a key driver of our nation's growing debt over the long... -
Senate Budget Committee Hearing on CBO Long-Term Fiscal Outlook
Read moreLast week, CBO Director Keith Hall testified before the Senate Budget Committee on the release of CBO’s Long-Term Budget Outlook. Senators questioned... -
ACA Repeal Could Add $5 Trillion to the Debt Within 20 Years
Read moreMuch of the focus on the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) score for repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) naturally has focused on the ten-year... -
New Affordable Care Act Repeal Estimate Still Shows Deficit Increase
Read moreFor the first time in nearly three years, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new estimate of the budgetary effect of repealing the... -
Looking at the Long Term in 2015
Read moreCBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook, released yesterday, is a detailed 130-page document, filled with budget projections for the next 25 years, along with... -
CBO Shows an Unsustainable Long-Term Budget Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released its 2015 Long-Term Budget Outlook, showing a clearly unsustainable long-term path for debt. The... -
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Halfway Point of FY 2015 Shows Higher Deficit than FY 2014
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released its Monthly Budget Review for March, rounding out the first half of Fiscal Year 2015. The report... -
The CBO Directorship Changes Hands Today
Read moreUpdate: Director Hall has written an introductory blog post. Today marks not just April Fool's Day but also the end of Doug Elmendorf's six-plus year... -
Ways & Means Committee Adds $270 Billion to Deficits by Repealing Estate Tax
Read moreThe House Ways & Means Committee on Wednesday approved the “Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015,” which would permanently repeal the estate tax that applies... -
SGR Bill Would Add $500 Billion to Long-Term Debt
Read moreEarlier today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its score of the Medicare Sustaintable Growth Rate (SGR) reform bill under consideration... -
Our Analysis of CBO's Estimate of the President's Budget is Here
Read moreWe've released our analysis of CBO's estimate of the President's budget, breaking down the report and its supplementary data in less than six pages...