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Saving Our Future Requires Tough Choices Today

GAO-08-489CG Published: Feb 04, 2008. Publicly Released: Feb 04, 2008.
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This is a Comptroller General Presentation delivered to Chandler-Gilbert Community College in Chandler, AZ, on February 4, 2008. Major topics of this presentation include: potential health care reform approaches, possible ways forward for Social Security reform, Social Security and Medicare's hospital insurance trust funds, and state and local governments' fiscal challenges.

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Auditing and Financial Management
Balanced budgetsBudget administrationBudget authorityBudget controllabilityBudget deficitFederal social security programsFinancial analysisFinancial managementFiscal policiesHealth care programsHealth care reformIntergovernmental fiscal relationsLocal governmentsMedicaidMedicareProgram evaluationSpending legislationState governmentsProgram costs