The Congressional Budget Office Long-Term (CBOLT) policy simulation model was developed to answer budgetary and distributional questions about Social Security, Medicare, and other long-term policy issues. CBOLT has three distinct solution modes for making projections: static simulations with a...

The cost of the Medicare program will increase dramatically as the baby boom generation reaches retirement. Results from the Congressional Budget Office Long-Term Model (CBOLT) indicate that Medicare costs will equal more than 9 percent of GDP by 2078. This paper considers the impact of...