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1 H.R. 3417, Beneficiary Education Tools, Telehealth, and Extenders Reauthorization Act of 2019 1 (September 30, 2019)

handle is hein.congrec/cbobents0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional Budget Office \ Cost Estimate September 30, 2019 By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars 2020 2020-2024 2020-2029 Direct Spending (Outlays) 304 2,220 3,605 Revenues Deficit Effect 0 304 0 2,220 0 3,605 The bill would * Accelerate the starting date for coverage of some new Medicare enrollees * Expand the availability of telehealth services for mental health care * Allow certain hospitals to reset their graduate medical education (GME) caps * Provide higher payments to Medicare physicians in rural areas Estimated budgetary effects would primarily stem from * Increased costs for new Medicare enrollees * Expansion of telehealth services * Increased numbers of GME positions at certain hospitals * Higher Medicare payments to physicians in rural areas Areas of significant uncertainty include * Estimating the increased demand for telehealth mental health care services and projecting the number of providers available to meet that need * Projecting the number of GME positions created under the new caps Detailed estimate begins on the next page. See also CBO's Cost Estimates Explained, www.cbo.gov/publication/54437; How CBO Prepares Cost Estimates, www.cbo.gov/publication/53519; and Glossary, www.cbo.gov/publication/42904.

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