Census Bureau, "Money Income and Poverty Status of Families ind Persons in the United States: 1981" (Series P-60, No. 134 sals that simply shift program costs to beneficiaries on the erroneous notion that the elderly can and should 1 1982, over a 27% increase, due to the 1982 Budget ase. d claims are included. Moreover, the unwillingness e number of physicians to accept assignment (i.e., care services. The imm nd frightens not only Americans deeply conce es, their children, a plain fact of the m care system is priced most. Under current HI Trust Fund will be of the next decade. facing the collapse of t ssible, affordable healt poor. Change is unavoid 27e the political will a odate the needs of al te the right to healt tplace. Unfortunately, the Ad costs away from the in Hospitalization lion) der current law, Med tal services from the ement after payment c der Part A of Medical iciaries pay the foll - 2nd through 15th da -16th through 60th d is on top of the rise led from $304 to $3 for an elderly Medic of-pocket expenses fo eficiary would increas Medicare recipients, A and Part B deduct: Sorb another precipito dicare. of the rise in the Part A deductible automatically $304 to $350. Since the average Medicare hospital erly Medicare beneficiary is 11 days, total xpenses for an average hospitalized Medicare stration is attempting to sell this "health care in- of Medicare patients who will be paying huge, addi- ociation is rather cautious about proposals to osal is to restrain the inordinate rate of increase 11 e to Medicare beneficiaries, because it applies only 1s essential, ther man provisions : on on the terms pating qualif etail greater pro cold have to be b ustrative costs. E: sm wise consumer c lemaps the most dif l is establishing tions believe that I be considered in d so that adequate h Conversely the Assoc Sidual health status ely that would have greatest need for he of the least ability t rest, most vulnerable enjums. |