Medicare: FY2009 Budget Issues (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised May 30, 2008 |
| Report Number |
RL34359 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Hinda Chaikind, Jim Hahn, Gretchen A. Jacobson, Paulette C. Morgan, Jennifer O'Sullivan, Holly Stockdale, Julie Stone, and Sibyl Tilson, Domestic Social Policy Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
| Older Revisions |
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Summary:
The President's 2009 budget estimates current law Medicare net outlays of $413billion in FY2009. The budget includes Medicare legislative proposals withestimated savings of $12.2 billion in FY2009 and $178 billion over the five-yearbudget window. The President's budget also includes Medicare administrativeproposals with estimated savings of $645 million in FY2009 and $4.7 billion overthe five-year budget window, which brings the estimated savings from the totalMedicare budget proposals to $12.8 billion in FY2009 and $183 billion over the fiveyearbudget window. Proposals include savings achieved through reductions in manyof the Medicare payment updates.
