Health-related options for reducing the deficit

This document is a reprint of Chater 5 of Congressional Budget Office Options for Reducing the Deficit : 2014 to 2023 (December 2013), www.cbo.gov/publication /44715. This document includes 5 broad approaches for reducing spending on health care programs or revenues forgone because of tax provisions related to health care. Each would offer lawmakers a variety of possibilities for making changes in current laws.