The Congressional Budget Office was established by congress in 1974 to give congress objective, nonpartisan information to help them make decisions about budget and economic policies.
The CBO is part of the Legislative Branch – and is supposed to provide nonpartisan alternatives to the information from the Office of Management and Budget – which is part of the Executive Branch.
This week the CBO scored the financial and health insurance impacts (loss of health insurance coverage) of various options for cutting Medicaid beging considered in congress right now.
Rather than give a breakdown I thought I’d just link to the CBO Letter to Wyden-Pallone Letter -Medicaid and you can read it for yourself. It’s only 8 pages long.
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