Tag: Medicare
Abstract This study examines the potential impact of the 2008-2009 financial crisis on economic growth. Expectations of future growth are critical to evaluating of the sustainability of overall budget trends and the financial condition of the Old-Age Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) and Medicare trust funds. The paper includes an assessment of the experience of other…
Baby Boomers Have Slowed Per Capita Costs. Let me put my biases on the table. First, I like the Medicare program as currently structured and am delighted at any news that costs are growing more slowly. Second, changes were needed to the health care system to get costs under control, and I hope and expect…
