Tag: Medicare
Beneficiaries need to repay Treasury loan, and underlying problem likely to persist. Congress solved a lot of problems with its Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. It avoided a standoff over the budget and the debt ceiling, provided breathing room for the Social Security Disability Insurance program, and eliminated profitable Social Security claiming strategies. It also…
Abstract Older Americans, although covered by Medicare, bear a large economic burden of medical expenses in the form of premiums for Medicare and supplemental plans, as well as the cost of uncovered or under-covered medical services. This study compares the patterns of this economic burden in 2010 with the baseline year of 2005. The period…
