CBO’s second look at orphan drug provision

The Congressional Budget Office said Monday that a provision in the GOP’s reconciliation bill that widened an exemption for ...

US CBO says orphan drug exmption could add $6 billion more to cost of 'Big Beautiful Bill'

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office said on Monday that new exemptions to drug price negotiations for several blockbuster ...
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Expanded price negotiation exemption for orphan drugs to cost Medicare $8.8B over 10 years: CBO

A provision of the summer’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act bumping a slew of orphan drugs from Medicare price negotiation is ...
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CBO says revised cost of orphan drug exemptions will add $3.9 billion to Medicare

The Congressional Budget Office says exemptions for orphan drugs as part of Medicare price negotiations will cost taxpayers ...

Budget watchdog on $38 trillion national debt: ‘It’s tough to decide what the most appalling part is of today’s announcement’

America's debt mountain is eye-watering. The interest alone costs $1.21 trillion annually— 17% of total federal spending.

CBO says U.S. deficit is smaller than it was — but still big at $1.8 trillion

The U.S. budget deficit was $1.8 trillion for fiscal 2025, according to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office.

CBO reports $1.8 trillion federal deficit as debt costs hit record $1 trillion

The Congressional Budget Office reported a $1.8 trillion federal deficit for fiscal year 2025, driven in part by a record $1 ...
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Senators open to calls for greater 340B oversight, spending requirements—but remain wary of new provider burdens

Even as they sparred on broader healthcare policy and funding topics fueling the ongoing government shutdown, senators of the ...