- Medicare and Social Security are exacerbating national deficit problems, and Congress is ignoring entitlement spending issues.
- Shared financial vulnerability due to trust fund status requires political action on statutory formula tweaks for Medicare and Social Security.
Trust funds for Medicare and Social Security have different funding structures.
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Updated Aug 8
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What happened
Trust funds for Medicare and Social Security have different funding structures.
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Shared financial vulnerability due to trust fund status requires political action on statutory formula tweaks for Medicare and Social Security.Also in this story
- Age and benefit increases are affecting healthcare costs for Medicare and Social Security beneficiaries.
- The Congressional Budget Office reported increases in spending for both Medicare and Social Security programs.
- Congress enacted legislation on July 1st changing Medicare payment rules.
The entities involved
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Medicare
US federal health insurance