The Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 (Public Law 105-33) was signed into law by President Clinton in August 1997. This legislation enacts the most significant changes to the Medicare and Medicaid Programs since their inception 30 years ago. Additionally, it expands the services provided by HCFA through the new Child Health Insurance Program (Title XXI). These changes will:

• Extend the life of the Medicare Trust Fund and reduce Medicare spending;
• Increase health care options available to America's seniors;
• Improve benefits for staying healthy;
• Fight Medicare fraud and abuses; and
• Look at ways to help Medicare work well in the future. 
• Master BBA Project List (PDF) Format
• Legislative summary of the Medicare & Medicaid provisions of the BBA
  • Available in HTML, Acrobat PDF (360K) format, and WordPerfect 6.1 (400K) format
    

Medicare Program

• HCFA's Medicare Consumer Information Website at
  http://www.medicare.gov
• Managed Care Plans Comparison Database -- New 1998 Data
  "Medicare Compare"
• Federal Register Notice
  • Schedules of Limitations on HHA Costs
• Medicare+Choice
  • Medicare+Choice Physician-Sponsored Organizations (PSO) Statutory Requirements and Regulatory Implementation
  • Medicare+Choice / AAPCC Payment Rates
• Prevention Benefits
  • Beneficiary Information (en Espanol)
  • Physician and Provider Information
• HHA Surety Bonds
• Federal Register Notice on Schedules of Limitations on HHA Costs

Medicaid Program

• Medicaid Policies Under the BBA

Children's Health Insurance Program (Title XXI)

BBA Fact Sheets and Frequently Asked Questions

• BBA Fact Sheets
• Child Health Insurance Program Questions and Answers
• BBA Implementation Tracking Report

Other sites providing extensive information specific to the BBA include:

• U.S. Senate Conference Document on Medicare Changes
• Federal Register (search on "balanced budget")
• THOMAS

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Last Updated October 7, 1999