Number: RL34359
Title: Medicare: FY2009 Budget Issues
Authors: Hinda Chaikind, Jim Hahn, Gretchen A. Jacobson, Paulette C. Morgan, Jennifer O'Sullivan, Holly Stockdale, Julie Stone, and Sibyl Tilson, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: The President's 2009 budget estimates current law Medicare net outlays of $413 billion in FY2009. The budget includes Medicare legislative proposals with estimated savings of $12.2 billion in FY2009 and $178 billion over the five-year budget window. The President's budget also includes Medicare administrative proposals with estimated savings of $645 million in FY2009 and $4.7 billion over the five-year budget window, which brings the estimated savings from the total Medicare budget proposals to $12.8 billion in FY2009 and $183 billion over the fiveyear budget window. Proposals include savings achieved through reductions in many of the Medicare payment updates.
Pages: 26
Date: Updated May 30, 2008