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		<title><![CDATA[SPOTLIGHT: Senate reform bill could raise premiums for individual buyers, CBO says]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ An analysis by the Congressional Budget Office has concluded that the Senate health reform bill would raise health insurance premiums by at least 10 percent by 2016 for individual buyers. At the same time, though, subsidies would reduce costs for half of that group.  Article  ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:04:26 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Health Care Reform's Public Option: Everything You Need to Know]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government-run public insurance option will continue to be a  contentious topic as health care reform moves to the Senate. Here?s a  comprehensive look at how it?s likely to be structured, what it might  mean for your health care costs now and in the future, as well...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Deficit triples in fiscal 2009, reaches 10 percent of GDP]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday that the deficit for fiscal 2009, which ended Sept. 30, totaled about $1.4 trillion, a $950 billion increase over the shortfall posted in fiscal 2008.The deficit now represents 9.9 percent of the gross domestic product, which is up from 3.2 percent in fiscal...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:20:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Budget Deficit Projected to Grow]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the deficit will reach $7 trillion by 2019, while the White House expects it to increase even more to $9 trillion.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:19:47 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Shooting The Messenger Won't Help Reform Health Care]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Max Baucus, one of the leaders of healthcare reform efforts, has depicted the Congressional Budget Office CBO as an obstacle to reform because it has so far been unable to score many of the proposals that he has made. And he is urging the CBO to find cost savings...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 14:36:45 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[PCMA: New CBO Analysis Confirms Independent Pharmacy 'Collective Bargaining' Legislation Increases Costs for Consumers and Payors]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association PCMA issued the following statement in response to a new analysis released by the Congressional Budget Office CBO that estimates the costs associated with sweeping antitrust exemptions for independent pharmacies:  "The new CBO analysis confirms that sweeping antitrust exemptions for independent pharmacies...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CBO Report Lays To Rest Hopes of Balanced Budget]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diane Lim Rogers submits:  The Congressional Budget Office just released their updated budget and economic outlook.  Here&#8217;s CBO Director Peter Orszag&#8217;s blog post on it, where he sounds a little depressed: Today&#8217;s report makes it challenging to avoid playing the dismal economist, which I generally dislike doing. by Diane...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:24 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CBO Savings Estimate for Follow-On Biologics Underscores Need for Congress to Move Quickly to Create Pathway for Follow-On Biologics]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Biotechnology Industry Organization BIO President and CEO Jim Greenwood released the following statement regarding the Congressional Budget Office CBO report issued today projecting cost savings from S. 1695, the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2007:  "The CBO report shows that developing a pathway to review...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[FreedomWorks is Alarmed CBO Scoring Shows Dodd-Frank Bill Rescues Banks, Not Borrowers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congressional Budget Office Estimates 35 Percent of Dodd-Frank Bailout Loans Will Still Default  WASHINGTON -- The Congressional Budget Office CBO released its scoring of the Dodd-Frank housing bailing last week. Among its projections: a stunning 35 percent of the loans refinanced through the program will eventually default anyway, and...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Congress Still Ignores Entitlement Monster]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congress is spending us into a hole. We hear about the cost of earmarks and the Iraq war. But what about "entitlements"? That's the government's ironic term for programs that transfer money from people who earned it to people who didn't. Entitlement? How can you be entitled to someone else's...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[As of January 2008, 27.7 million people were receiving food stamp benefits, up 5 percent from a year ago.  More than 28 million people are expected to receive benefits this year, the most in the Food Stamp Program's history, and 14 states are already serving record numbers-Congressional Budget Office]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Congressional Budget Office Analysis of HR971 Rejects Pharmacy Benefit Managers' Bogus Claim Bill Would Cost $29 Billion Over 5 Years]]></title>
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		<title><![CDATA[PCMA: New CBO Analysis Confirms Independent Pharmacy 'Collective Bargaining' Legislation Increases Costs for Consumers and Payors]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Charles Cote of the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, +1-202-207-3605  WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association PCMA issued the following statement in response to a new analysis released by the Congressional Budget Office CBO that estimates the costs associated with sweeping antitrust...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Report by Congressional Watchdogs Highlights VA Strengths]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200801/ai_n21920209]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Public Affairs, +1-202-273-6000  CBO Credits Performance Measurement and Technology WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs VA received a highly favorable review in an interim report recently published by the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Assessing Pay and Benefits for Military Personnel]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5603/is_200712/ai_n23594166]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Government Report DigestThe following is an excerptfiom Congressional Budget Office CBO report, Aug. 15, 2007.Are members of the U.S. military paid enough? The answer depends in part on the measure used to assess military compensation.About 60 percent of regular military compensation RMC consists of basic pay, which depends on a...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Medicare Cuts Pose Disproportionate Threat to West Virginia's Rural Seniors, Local Jobs Base]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200711/ai_n21797165]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: STATE EDITORSContact: Susan Feeney of AHCA, +1-202-898-6333 Analysis of Congressional Budget Office Data Finds Cuts Would Jeopardize Health, Well-Being of Rural CommunitiesWASHINGTON,Nov. 16/PRNewswire-USNewswire/--As Congress begins to consider possible cuts to seniors Medicare Part A skilled nursing facilities funding, an analysis of Congressional Budget Office CBO data finds five-year $2.7...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Medicare Cuts Pose Disproportionate Threat to Idaho's Rural Seniors, Local Jobs Base]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200711/ai_n21797177]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: STATE EDITORSContact: Susan Feeney of AHCA, +1-202-898-6333, or Amy Weiss of AQNHC, +1-202-203-0448 Analysis of Congressional Budget Office Data Finds Cuts Would Jeopardize Health, Well-Being of Rural CommunitiesWASHINGTON,Nov. 16/PRNewswire-USNewswire/--As Congress begins to consider possible cuts to seniors Medicare Part A skilled nursing facilities funding, an analysis of Congressional Budget...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. CBO Study Estimates CCS Opportunity, Costs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5712/is_200711/ai_n23750229]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[face=+Bold;  face=-Bold;  A U.S. Congressional Budget Office CBO paper, "The Potential for Carbon Sequestration in the United States," shows that North America geologic storage seems available for roughly 500 to 1,500 years of CO2 output. The study, released in September, looked at methods, potential scale, and the possible...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pelosi: Rising Cost of War Adds to Depth of Tragedy in Iraq]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200710/ai_n21917768]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Brendan Daly or Nadeam Elshami of the Office of the Speaker of the House, +1-202-226-7616 WASHINGTON,Oct. 24/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the Congressional Budget Office released a new report on the rising cost of the war in Iraq:President Bush envisions a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How much money does the Army need to refurbish its worn out weapons?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5730/is_18_14/ai_n29450598]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Army is spending nearly $13 billion per year to refurbish and replace equipment being worn out in Iraq and Afghanistan, but that amount might be more than what is needed, says the Congressional Budget Office CBO. "In general, CBO's estimates of the annual funding needed to replace and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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