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CBO Expanding Health Insurance Coverage and Controlling Costs for Health Care

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Statement of Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Expanding Health Insurance Coverage and Controlling Costs for Health Care before the Committee on the Budget, February 10, 2009

  • “Without changes in policy, a substantial and growing number of people under age 65 will lack health insurance. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the average number of nonelderly people who are uninsured will rise from at least 45 million in 2009 to about 54 million in 2019. That projection is consistent with long-standing trends in coverage and largely reflects the expectation
    that health care costs and health insurance premiums will continue to rise faster than people’s income—making health insurance more difficult to afford.”

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