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Budget Options Volume I: Health Care
12/21/2008 | Requests *Summary
The Congressional Budget Office examines the likely effects on federal spending of 115 health care reform options. Ch. 8 covers proposals on financing Medicaid and SCHIP and Ch. 10 covers long-term care options. HCBS-related options include: allowing all states to offer HCBS via Medicaid state plan amendments (#99); making HCBS a mandatory benefit (#100); and adjusting federal match rates to favor HCBS over nursing homes (#101). Also included is a presentation on the findings of the report.
Author
Robillard, Lara; Nelson, Lyle
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Keywords
Medicaid; Information Technology; Expenditures; health care; healthcare; insurance; prescriptions; veterans; Medicare; universal coverage;
Topic
Financing HCBS, Long-Term Care, State/Agency Information, Transition/Diversion from Institutions
Type/Tool
Archived conference materials / Presentations, Data, Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers, Reports
Source
Congressional Budget Office
State
All States/Territories
Date Created
01/21/2009
Contact
Congressional Budget Office Office of Communications
communications@cbo.gov
202-226-2602
communications@cbo.gov
202-226-2602
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* Reflects requests since January 1, 2007
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HCBS / Clearinghouse for the Community Living Exchange Collaborative / (http://www.hcbs.org)