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Fiscal and Health Care Challenges

GAO-08-338CG Published: Dec 05, 2007. Publicly Released: Dec 05, 2007.
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This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered to the National Conference on Health Care Consumerism on December 5, 2007. Major topics of this presentation include: composition of federal spending, the growing fiscal burden, health care spending, health insurance policies, and potential health care reform approaches.

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Budget and Spending
Balanced budgetsBudget administrationBudget deficitDeficit reductionEconomic analysisEconomic growthEconomic policiesFederal social security programsFinancial analysisFinancial managementFiscal policiesHealth care cost controlHealth care costsHealth care programsHealth care reformIntergovernmental fiscal relationsMedicaidMedicarePerformance measuresProgram evaluationSpending legislation