The Future of Medicare--N.J.: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Human Services of the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, First Session, March 28, 1983, Princeton, N.J.U.S. Government Printing Office, 1983 - 219 pages |
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... million Ameri- cans . It is projected to spend about $ 60 billion in the coming year . In fact , medicare in 1983 will spend more in any given month than it did in the entire first year of its operation , 1966 . But we are approaching a ...
... million Ameri- cans . It is projected to spend about $ 60 billion in the coming year . In fact , medicare in 1983 will spend more in any given month than it did in the entire first year of its operation , 1966 . But we are approaching a ...
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... millions more surviving just above the poverty level , cuts in medi- care will spell greater suffering for millions of Americans . I also do not think we can simply increase the payroll tax to close the funding gap . Financing this ...
... millions more surviving just above the poverty level , cuts in medi- care will spell greater suffering for millions of Americans . I also do not think we can simply increase the payroll tax to close the funding gap . Financing this ...
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... million disabled persons . And it is crucial that we not only face , but adequately address this situation , so that you do not see an elimination or a reduction of benefits . I also think this opportunity to evaluate medicare gives us ...
... million disabled persons . And it is crucial that we not only face , but adequately address this situation , so that you do not see an elimination or a reduction of benefits . I also think this opportunity to evaluate medicare gives us ...
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... millions ] Income 2 Outgo Net increase in funds Funds at end of year Ratio ( percent ) 3 $ 41,185 $ 41,128 $ 57 $ 8,221 20 44,766 46,847 - 2,081 6,140 18 50,132 53,147 -3,015 3,125 12 57,590 61,946 -4,356 - 1,231 2825 TABLE 1 ...
... millions ] Income 2 Outgo Net increase in funds Funds at end of year Ratio ( percent ) 3 $ 41,185 $ 41,128 $ 57 $ 8,221 20 44,766 46,847 - 2,081 6,140 18 50,132 53,147 -3,015 3,125 12 57,590 61,946 -4,356 - 1,231 2825 TABLE 1 ...
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... million to OASI . The interest amounts of $ 1,362 million in 1983 and $ 1,337 million in 1984 and later are theoretical . If these payments are not made , the fund at the end of the year would be $ 6,825 , $ 3,238 , and - $ 1,409 million ...
... million to OASI . The interest amounts of $ 1,362 million in 1983 and $ 1,337 million in 1984 and later are theoretical . If these payments are not made , the fund at the end of the year would be $ 6,825 , $ 3,238 , and - $ 1,409 million ...
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Page 202 - The most critical issues, however, relate to the Medicare program. Both the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund show alarming financial results...
Page 26 - ... (1) part-time or intermittent nursing care provided by or under the supervision of a registered professional nurse...
Page 27 - ... (A) in the case of home health services (i) such services are or were required because the individual is or was confined to his home (except when receiving items and services referred to in section 1861 (m)( 7) ) and needed skilled nursing care on an intermittent basis, or physical or speech therapy...
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Page 80 - ... already so apparent that it seems inevitable that it will have to be revised, qualified, or regulated by law before the program is very old. If repayment of costs, whatever they turn out to be, is virtually guaranteed— and Medicare, under present regulations, is openended in that respect— where are the financial incentives for cost control, difficult enough in any case, to come from?
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Page 80 - In no other realm of economic life today are payments guaranteed for costs that are neither controlled by competition nor regulated by public authority, and in which no incentive for economy can be discerned.
Page 84 - The splitting of the atom has changed everything, save our mode of thinking and thus we drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.
Page 27 - Federal funding became available for the costs of case management, homemaker, home health aide, personal care, adult day health, habilitation, respite care, and other services requested by the State and approved by the Secretary (46 FR 48532). Combining this "services...