Transcript Slide 1

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/105xx/doc10521/08-25-BudgetUpdate.pdf
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/102xx/doc10297/06-25-LTBO.pdf
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/102xx/doc10297/06-25-LTBO.pdf
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/107xx/doc10707/11-06-09-CBO_Presenation-AgingAndHealth-TheChallengesOfEntitlementGrowth.pdf
“Since 1975, policy changes and other factors have caused annual costs per Medicare enrollee to
grow an average of 2.3 percentage points faster than per capita GDP—a difference referred to as
excess cost growth.”
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/102xx/doc10297/06-25-LTBO.pdf
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/102xx/doc10297/06-25-LTBO.pdf
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/102xx/doc10297/06-25-LTBO.pdf
Uncertainty of CBO Projections
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/89xx/doc8917/Chapter1.5.1.shtml