Tag: Medicare
Cuts will cascade just as Baby Boomers age into need for nursing home care. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the House version of “Repeal and Replace” would cut federal health care expenditures by $1.2 trillion over the decade 2017-2026, result in 24 million fewer Americans having medical insurance by 2026, and impose a…
The brief’s key findings are: Workers with employer health insurance may be reluctant to leave their job, a situation known as “job lock.” This study assesses whether public health insurance – specifically, the Medicare Part D drug benefit introduced in 2006 – allows people to leave a job. The analysis focuses on a small segment…
