House Budget Moves To Give CBO More Time To Score Preventive Services

The House Budget Committee advanced out of committee three bipartisan bills aimed at reforming and strengthening the Congressional Budget Office, including one that Chair Jodey Arrington (R-TX) hailed as a “gamechanger” as it would require the agency to look at the long-term cost-saving potential of preventative services. The move comes amid a push for coverage of anti-obesity drugs, but all types of evidence-based preventive services could be explored. Initially dubbed the Preventive Health Saving Act (HR 766), the committee also...