Rising Out-of-pocket Health Care Costs for Olders Americans: How Far Can Consumers Stretch Their Resources? : a BriefingU.S. Government Printing Office, 1991 - 115 pages |
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adequate afford beneficiaries benefits bill budget caregivers Commission believes Commission recognizes Commission recommends Commission's consumers cost of health cover deductibles doctors EDELSTEIN elderly eligible employers ensure expenditures expenses federal government Financing FRANK PALLONE Furlong going GOVERNOR health care costs health care coverage health care system health insurance hospital income increase individuals issue Jersey job-based LANGEVIN legislation long-term care insurance Medicaid Medicare Medigap million national health need long-term nursing home stays Ocean County OLDER AMERICANS out-of-pocket expenses OUT-OF-POCKET HEALTH PAAD paid PALLONE patients payment payroll tax Pepper Commission percent physicians policies population poverty premiums prescription drugs private insurance problems protection reform respite care Revenue RIORDAN senior citizens severely disabled sickness funds Social Security SOURCE spending SPERLING sumers talk Thank tion Toms River Total trust fund Uncompensated uninsured universal coverage universal health universal health care VERGANO workers