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Fiscal, Health and Retirement Challenges

GAO-08-237CG Published: Oct 22, 2007. Publicly Released: Oct 22, 2007.
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This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered to the Conference of Consulting Actuaries Annual Conference in San Antonio, TX, on October 22, 2007. Major topics include federal spending, medicare, social security, medicaid, fiscal policy, and state and local fiscal challenges.

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Retirement Security
Balanced budgetsBudget activitiesBudget administrationBudget deficitCost analysisDeficit reductionEconomic analysisEconomic growthEconomic policiesFederal social security programsFiscal policiesHealth care cost controlHealth care costsHealth care planningHealth care policiesHealth care programsHealth care reformProgram evaluationRetirementRetirement benefitsProgram costsProgram goals or objectivesProgram implementation