Tag: Medicare
Ask middle-class Americans how they’re doing, and you’ll often get the same answer: there are still too many demands on my paycheck. Several recent surveys reach this conclusion, even though wages have been rising consistently at a time of low inflation. Student loans trump 401(k)s. Two top financial priorities are in conflict: student loan payments,…
Abstract To curb rising Medicaid costs at the federal level, a number of recent policy proposals suggest capitation financing, under which program costs are fixed per beneficiary. This study examines to what extent more generous capitated federal subsidies would likely cause states to increase Medicaid enrollment. To answer this question, the analysis identifies a component…
