That could be partly because congressional budget analysts recently lowered their projections for future health-care costs.
And the money being taken from the private Medicare plans is what budget analysts agree are overpayments.
Countless budget analysts are combing through endless projections of government revenues and expenditures in five or 10 years.
Advance Auto Parts is hiring commercial account managers, and the U.S. Air Force is currently searching for clinical nurses, physicians, budget analysts and contract specialists.
Congressional budget analysts estimate that nearly 6 million will have to pay a tax penalty for not getting health insurance once the Affordable Health Care law is fully in place.
The consensus reflects the view of most mainstream economists and budget analysts that spending on programs such as health care will inevitably rise as the population ages and use of medical technology grows.
It may surprise some readers that we were worried about long-term fiscal trends more than a decade ago, but independent budget analysts and the CBO recognized that rising health care costs and the aging of the baby boomers would put enormous pressure on the federal government.
The jumps in budget and share prices have analysts cautious on the outlook for certain big contractors.
The "budget preparation specialist" designation is a job title within the GS-560 "budget analyst" series that was specifically developed to recognize the unique duties of certain analysts within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
The government wants to wipe out the structural budget deficit by 2015, but analysts say this is unlikely.
That would bring about deep cuts in expenditure and sharp tax rises to slash the budget deficit, a correction that analysts say could cause a new recession.
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These estimates are very similar to those of a wide range of other analysts, including the Congressional Budget Office.
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Many analysts believe that a combination of big budget deficits and receding overseas commitments will result in steadily declining defense outlays during the coming decade, spelling hard times for military contractors.
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Analysts are divided whether the disease of big budget deficits or the current prescription of budget cuts is the major problem.
So despite budget tightening in Washington, this is one area that analysts feel will not be pinched, but rather see expansion for unified threat management (UTM) technology.
Hillsman also worked with a shoestring budget in Ventura's 1998 gubernatorial campaign, where analysts say he had voters laughing all the way to the polls with two of his TV spots.
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Shoppers are increasing turning to the budget sector but even discount stores are running into trouble, analysts said.
Organizationally, these analysts comprise the majority of the staff of the Budget Review and Concepts Division of OMB.
Lawyers, government relations specialists, risk managers, compliance officers, regulation analysts and procurement specialists now compete for the same budget dollars along with instructors and teaching assistants.
Analysts think Lew will keep pressuring Europe to deal aggressively with its budget and debt issues.
All this is plausible, but some analysts argue that the absolute size of a company's research budget matters less than how and where it is deployed.
As a result, many analysts had expected the government to announce a cut in expenditure in the current budget.
UnitedHealth's profit fell short of analysts' estimates, and the country's largest health insurer said it expects federal budget cuts to pressure its earnings this year.
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