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H.R. 2810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act of 2013 1 (January 24, 2014)

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COST ESTIMATE

January 24, 2014

H.R. 2810
SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act of 2013
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on December 12, 2013
SUMMARY
H.R. 2810 would replace the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, which determines
the annual updates to payment rates for physician services in Medicare, with new systems
for establishing those payment rates. CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 2810 would
increase direct spending by about $121 billion over the 2014-2023 period. (The legislation
would not affect federal revenues.) Pay-as-you-go procedures apply to this legislation
because it would affect direct spending.
H.R. 2810 would impose an intergovernmental mandate as defined in the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) by preempting state laws governing the evidentiary rules
and practices of medical malpractice claims. CBO estimates that the costs of the
intergovernmental mandate would be small and would not exceed the threshold established
in UMRA ($76 million in 2014, adjusted annually for inflation). The bill contains no
private-sector mandates as defined in UMRA.
ESTIMATED COST TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
The estimated budgetary impact of H.R. 2810 is shown in the following table. The costs of
this legislation fall within budget functions 570 (Medicare) and 550 (health).

By Fiscal Year, in Billions of Dollars
2014- 2014-
2014  2015  2016   2017  2018  2019  2020  2021  2022  2023   2018   2023

CHANGES IN DIRECT SPENDING
Estimated Budget Authority      5.3   10.6  10.9  11.1   10.7  12.0  13.5   14.9  16.5  15.5   48.7  121.1
Estimated Outlays               5.3   10.6  10.9  11.1   10.7  12.0  13.5   14.9  16.5  15.5   48.7  121.1
Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.

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