Resources and proposals on curbing Medicare cost growth

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As Congress prepares for a new round of battles over health care spending, we offer resources on various proposals to control Medicare costs.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.

• Guaranteed Choices To Strengthen Medicare And Health Security For All (PDF) — December 14, 2011

Obama Administration Proposal For Deficit Reduction

• Obama’s ‘Framework For Shared Prosperity And Shared Fiscal Responsibility’ — President Obama, April 13, 2011

The House GOP’s “Path to Prosperity” 2012 Budget Proposal

• Medicare, Medicaid In The GOP’s ‘Path to Prosperity’ Budget — Republicans and Rep. Paul Ryan, April 5, 2011

• Long-Term Analysis of a Budget Proposal by Chairman Ryan (PDF) — Congressional Budget Office, April 5, 2011

• Restraining Federal Health Care Spending — CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf, April 4, 2011

Roadmap For America’s Future

• A Roadmap for America’s Future (PDF) — Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., January 2010

• Congressional Budget Office Analysis: A Roadmap for America’s Future (PDF) — January 27, 2010

Rivlin-Ryan Plan For Medicare And Medicaid

• A Long-Term Plan For Medicare And Medicaid (PDF) — Alice Rivlin and Rep. Paul Ryan, November 17, 2010

• CBO Analysis: A Long-Term Plan For Medicare and Medicaid (PDF) — November 17, 2010

The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform

• “The Moment of Truth” (Report of the Commission) (PDF) — December 2010

• Recommendations on Health Care Spending — December 2, 2010

Evaulations Of Medicare And Medicaid Proposals

• The Independent Payment Advisory Board: A New Approach To Controlling Medicare Spending (PDF) — Kaiser Family Foundation, April 2011

• Comparison Of Medicare Provisions In Deficit-Reduction Proposals (PDF) — Kaiser Family Foundation, January 2011

• Raising The Age Of Medicare Eligibility: A Fresh Look Following Implementation Of Health Reform (PDF) — Kaiser Family Foundation March 2011

• Reducing The Deficit: Spending And Revenue Options (PDF) — CBO report, March 2011

Related KHN Articles

• Deficit Reduction Plans Would Squeeze Medicare — November 29, 2010

• Ignoring Political Risk, Ryan Renews Push For Medicare Vouchers — March 3, 2011

• GOP Proposals On Medicare Could Shift Costs To Beneficiaries — April 4, 2011

• CBO: Seniors Would Pay Much More For Medicare Under Ryan Plan — April 5, 2011

• Obama’s Deficit Plan: A ‘Nuanced Approach’ And ‘So Partisan’ — April 14, 2011

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