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Scoring Health Reform—Congress Needs a Wider Aperture and Longer Exposure

JAMA Health Forum 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2026.1542

June 26, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This Viewpoint discusses the scoring system used by the Congressional Budget Office for health policy decisions and explores the long-term consequences that receive inadequate analysis within this system.

Corresponding Author: Dana P. Goldman, PhD, Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy dpgoldma@usc.edu).

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