Number: RL33868 Title: Medicare: FY2008 Budget Issues Authors: Hinda Chaikind and Gretchen A. Jacobson, Domestic Social Policy Division Abstract: This report provides a discussion of current and proposed law for each of the 2008 Medicare program proposals, along with Table 1, which details the Administration's and CBO's estimates of the costs and savings for each proposal. The President's budget reflects the passage of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (P.L. 109- 432). Pages: 22 Date: October 24, 2007