- H.R. 1106, Helping Families Save Their Homes Act
February 25, 2009 – Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on February 23, 2008. “CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 1106 would increase direct spending by $7.6 billion over the 2009-2014 period, and would reduce direct spending by $14.9 billion over the 2009-2019 period. Enacting H.R 1106 would increase revenues by $19 million over the 2009-2014 period and by $23 million over the 2009-2019 period.” - The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor Program, February 25, 2009, Letter to the Honorable Kent Conrad. “The discount that VA has negotiated with its single vendor is comparable with the corresponding discounts that DoD has negotiated with its three national vendors. Thus, CBO finds that requiring VA to award contracts to multiple vendors would be unlikely to result in substantial cost savings in VAs drug purchases.”
- Options for Expanding Health Insurance Coverage and Controlling Costs, February 25, 2009. Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate. “Without changes in policy, a substantial and growing number of people under
age 65 will lack health insurance. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the average number of nonelderly people who are uninsured will rise from at least 45 million in 2009 to about 54 million in 2019. That projection is consistent with long-standing trends in coverage and largely reflects the expectation that health care costs and health insurance premiums will continue to rise faster
than peoples incomemaking health insurance more difficult to afford.”
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