Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act: Effect On Long-Term Federal Budget Outlook Largely Depends On Whether Cost Containment Sustained

January 1, 2013
In January 2013, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report on how the results of our long-term fiscal simulations changed between those run before the enactment of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and after its enactment and the key factors that contributed to changes in revenue and spending components, including major federal health care programs; how changes in assumptions for federal health care cost growth might affect the federal government’s long-term fiscal outlook; and the key drivers of health care cost growth and how the uncertainty associated with each . . .