2010 and Beyond: Preparing Medicare for the Baby Boomers : Hearing Before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, Sioux, City, IA, August 25, 1997, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1997 - 115 páginas |
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Página 97 - In 1987, per capita spending by people age 65 and over from Medicaid and other government health programs was 40.4 percent of Medicare spending. This study assumes the same relationship over the 75- year projection period. See Daniel R. Waldo, Sally T. Sonnefeld, David R, McKusick, and Ross H. Arnett, in, "Health Expenditures by Age, Group, 1977 and 1987.
Página 97 - Survivors and Disability Insurance program (referred to as Social Security). It consists of wages and salaries of workers in employment covered by Social Security up to a maximum of $65 ,400 in 1 997 for any worker.
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Página 9 - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE SECOND AND D STREETS, SW WASHINGTON, DC 20515 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee, I am pleased to present the fiscal year 2004 budget request for the Congressional Budget Office.
Página 97 - ... age 65 and over from Medicaid and other government health programs was 40.4 percent of Medicare spending. This study assumes the same relationship over the 75-year projection period. See Daniel R Waldo. Sally T. Sonnefeld. David R. McKusick. and Ross H. Amen, III. "Health Expenditures by Age, Group, 1977 and 1987.
Página 97 - Security up to a maximum of $62,700 in 19% for any worker. Actual taxable payroll for Medicare Part A is larger than that for Social Security because there is no maximum and more workers are covered. See 1996 Board of Trustees Report, Table 11I.A.2.
Página 97 - The Part B calculations are based on the Trustees' intermediate projections of the ratio of Part B to Part A as a percentage of gross domestic product, and assume that Part B participants will continue to pay 25 percent of this amount through premiums. See 1997 Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Fund, Table...
Página 18 - Act, that good budgetary news should not make us complacent because the retirement of the large baby-boom generation looms just over the horizon. Their retirement will greatly increase the costs of two government programs that are already large — Social Security and Medicare — unless changes in the programs are made. In...