Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Understanding the CMS Actuary’s Report on Health Reform

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Understanding the CMS Actuary's Report on Health Reform

By Paul N. Van de Water

The analysis of the health reform legislation prepared by the chief actuary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been widely misrepresented and misunderstood. For example, the actuary does not estimate that health reform will increase the federal deficit nor that health reform will cost more than CBO estimates. This brief paper explains some of that report's key findings and clears up some of the most common misunderstandings.

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