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Estimated Budgetary Effects of Section 142 of H.J. Res. 59 1 (November 1, 2013)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo11369 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director U.S. Congress Washington, DC 20515 November 1, 2013 Honorable Jeff Sessions Ranking Member Committee on the Budget United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator: As you requested, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) are providing additional information on the budgetary effects of section 142 of H.J. Res. 59, as passed by the House of Representatives on September 30, 2013. The provision would expand the number of executive branch and Congressional employees who will no longer be eligible to receive their health benefits through the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program. In addition, it would eliminate the employer contribution from the government for the entire group of executive branch and Congressional employees who, beginning in 2014, will no longer be eligible to receive their health benefits through the FEHB program. Currently, federal employees are eligible to purchase health insurance through the FEHB program and to receive an employer contribution from the government toward their insurance premiums. Upon retirement, federal employees who have been enrolled in the FEHB program for the most recent five years are eligible to continue to participate in that program with access to the same federal contribution towards their premiums as active workers. Under current law, starting in 2014, Members of Congress and certain Congressional staff-defined as employees of the official office of a Member of Congress-will no longer be eligible for health benefits under the FEHB program. Those Members and staff will be eligible to purchase health insurance offered through exchanges and will continue to receive their employer contribution from the government toward their insurance premiums when enrolled in the District of Columbia's small business exchange. People who retire in 2014 and thereafter may return to the FEHB program and will be eligible to receive their employer contribution towards the premium for their retiree health plan. Section 142 of H.J. Res. 59 would about double, to 18,000, the number of federal employees who would be excluded from participation in the FEHB program by adding to that category all Congressional office and committee staffs, the President, the Vice

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