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Fiscal and Health Care Challenges

GAO-07-1231CG Published: Sep 06, 2007. Publicly Released: Sep 06, 2007.
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This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered to The HR Policy Association's Washington Policy Conference on September 6, 2007. Major topics of this presentation include: the growing fiscal burden, health care as the nation's top tax expenditure, growth in health care spending, and potential health care reform approaches.

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Retirement Security
Balanced budgetsBudget administrationBudget deficitEconomic analysisEconomic growthEconomic policiesFederal social security programsFinancial analysisFinancial managementFiscal policiesHealth care cost controlHealth care costsHealth care programsHealth care reformIntergovernmental fiscal relationsPerformance measuresProgram evaluation