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Medicare: FY2007 Budget Issues (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date March 31, 2006
Report Number RL33306
Report Type Report
Authors Hinda Chaikind, Paulette C. Morgan, Carol O'Shaughnessy, Jennifer O'Sullivan, Julie Stone, and Sibyl Tilson, Domestic Social Policy Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

This report discusses President's budget request to Congress for Medicare, for the following federal fiscal year, along with projections for the five-year budget window. The President's 2007 budget includes Medicare legislative proposals for Part A (Hospital Insurance) and Part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) spending with estimated savings of $2.5 billion in 2007 and $35.9 billion over the five-year budget window.