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Letter to the Honorable Don Nickles [i] (February 2000)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo9230 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE Dan L. Crippen U.S. CONGRESS Director WASHINGTON, DC 20515 February 10, 2000 Honorable Don Nickles Assistant Majority Leader United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator: At the request of several Members, the Congressional Budget Office is preparing cost estimates for S. 1344, the Patients' Bill of Rights Act, as passed by the Senate, and the Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act, contained within H.R. 2990, as passed by the House. Although CBO and the Joint Committee on Taxation have not yet completed estimates ofthe budgetary effects of those bills, CBO has estimated their long- run effects on the premiums for employer-sponsored health plans. We estimate that enacting S. 1344 would increase such premiums by an average of 1.3 percent, and that enacting H.R. 2990 would increase premiums by an average of 4.1 percent. The attached tables delineate the impact on premiums of various provisions of the two bills. I hope this information is helpful to you. The CBO staff contacts are Tom Bradley and Judith Wagner. We expect to transmit the completed cost estimates shortly. Sincerely, Dan L. Crippen Attachments Identical letters sent to Honorable James M. Jeffords, Honorable Tom Bliley, Honorable John D. Dingell, Honorable Bill Archer, Honorable John A. Boehner, Honorable Charlie N orwood

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