...problems are not new, representing the second time in less than six years that the Social Security System finds itself on the verge of bankruptcy. Included...coverage. Therefore it is imperative that the fiscal solvency of the Medicare program be maintained in order to assure access to high quality care for the...

...under age 65 and persons who have end stage renal disease and require transplantation or dialysis. Included within the Social Security system are the...coverage. Therefore it is imperative that the fiscal solvency of the Medicare program be maintained in order to assure access to high quality care for the...

...separate funds — fV>e Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Disability Inrance Trust Fund, the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, and the Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. The assets of the funds were $38.1 billion as of November 30, 1982. The investment of the funds is...

...projections for the solvency of the system? Dr. Roper. The Annual Reports of the Board of Trustees for both the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund will be released by April 1 . These Reports will discuss the financial status of the Trust Funds and...

...long term. Medicare Program 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 While the financial status of the HI program improved somewhat in 1994,...

...long term. MEDICARE PROGRAM 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. While the financial status of the HI program improved somewhat in...

...like "critical" and "crisis." "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. The HI trust fund continues to be severely out of financial balance....

...long term. Medicare Program 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. While the financial status of the HI program improved somewhat in...

...Health Services, 296. 110. Myers, Medicare, pp. 64-65. 111. Estimates of income and expenditures for the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund under the original 1 965 Act were as shown in the table below. These estimates should be compared with...

...distinction points to an important difference in the funds' spending automaticity, it cuts too deeply. Both the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund are considered entitlements (and provide benefits to largely the same clientele group), but only the...