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Text of House Budget Committee Report on American Health Care Act

"Repealing Obamacare merely begins the process of establishing truly patient-centered health care in America -- and aspects of both are contained in this legislation ... [The AHCA] is just one component of a broader effort to transform the Nation's troubled health care network. It will be supplemented by other elements, described [in this report]."

House Budget Committee Hearing: Fulfilling the Mission of Health and Retirement Security

March 17, 2011. Chairman Paul Ryan from Opening Remarks As Prepared for Delivery. 'The principal aim of this hearing is to make clear that trying to 'protect' the government's major entitlement programs by maintaining the status quo is, in fact, the surest way to destroy them.

Text of Alan Greenspan's Statement to Budget Committee on Effect of Baby Boomer Retirements

Excerpt: Today, federal outlays under Social Security and Medicare amount to less than 7 percent of GDP. In December, the CBO projected that these outlays would increase to 12 percent of GDP by 2030 under current law ... One change the Congress could consider as it moves forward on this critical issue is to replace the current measure of the 'cost of living' that is used for many purposes with respect to both revenues and outlays with a more appropriate price index.

Budget Committee Hearing: The Fiscal Consequences of the New Health Care Law

[From the opening statement of Chairman Paul Ryan:] Why is this the Budget Committee's first hearing and why is it focused on health care? Let's put it very simply: Our fiscal problem is a health care problem. Health care spending is driving the explosive growth in our spending and our debt.

Witness Test and Written Testimony at Budget Committee Hearing on Social Security Privatization

Excerpt: Witnesses included David M. Walker, U.S. Government Accountability Office; Maya C. MacGuineas, New America Foundation; Barbara B. Kennelly, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare; C. Eugene Steuerle, Urban Institute; and Dan L. Crippen, Congressional Budget Office.

U.S. Representatives Camp, Kline Request Cost Estimate of Extending Taxpayer Subsidies to Union Health Plans

"Amid news reports the Administration is crafting new regulations to appease union critics of the health care law, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp and House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline today requested the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimate the taxpayer cost of providing premium tax credits to individuals participating in multiemployer health care plans, which overwhelmingly serve union members.... To understand the potential costs, the Chairmen requested a response from CBO and JCT by September 19."

The Effects of Two Specified Policy Options for Health Care on the Federal Budget Deficit (PDF)

4 page Letter to Ranking Member, House Committee on the Budget. Excerpt: This letter responds to questions you asked about how two policy options you presented would affect the budget deficit over the long term. One option would replace the current tax exclusion for premiums foremployment-based health insurance with a tax credit that would grow overtime at a rate less than that of health care inflation. The other option would convert Medicaid into a defined-contribution program with federal outlays increasing over time at a rate less than that of health care inflation. In the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO's) view, both options would reduce future budget deficits, relative to projections under current law, by amounts that increased over time. The analysis presented in this letter covers only the two general policy concepts described here and does not represent an analysis of any particular legislation.

CBO Testimony: Increasing the Value of Federal Spending on Health Care (PDF)

10 pages. July 16, 2008, Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives. Excerpt: This statement reprises a presentation given at the Senate Finance Committee's 'Health Reform Summit,' in Washington, D.C., on June 16, 2008.

Testimony: Evidence on the Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology (PDF)

40 pages. CBO July 24, 2008, Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives. This statement reprises the Congressional Budget Office's May 2008 report 'Evidence on the Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology.

House Subcommittee Hearing: Health Care Spending in the United States Is Unsustainable for Patients, Employers, and Taxpayers

January 31, 2024. Video of hearing, with links to Chair Rodgers Opening Statement and Chair Guthrie Opening Statement and testimony by [1] Chapin White, Ph.D., Director of Health Analysis, Congressional Budget Office; [2] Sophia Tripoli, MPH, Families USA; [3] Mr. Kevin Lyons, New Jersey State Policemen"s Benevolent Association, Inc.; [4] Benedic Ippolito, Ph.D., M.S., American Enterprise Institute; and [5] Katie Martin, MPA, Health Care Cost Institute.