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…ctivity of healthcare system ¢ Reduce coverage for optional benefits & optional enrollees « Reduce benefits ¢ Increase Medicare tax rate : Metis ce en eee Isolate and address the drivers of medical cost inflation ¢ Improve efficiency / productivity of healthcare system * Raise...

…SA Inc.’s financials are discouraging. True, USA Inc. has many fundamental strengths. On an operating basis (excluding Medicare and Medicaid spending and one-time charges), the federal government’s profit & loss statement is solid, with a 4% median net margin over the last 15 ye...

…help the nation’s poorest, the electorate must understand the full dimensions of the challenges. Unfunded Entitlement (Medicare + Social Security) + Underfunded F2010 USA Inc. Revenues + Expenses At A Glance Entitlement Expenditures (Medicaid) = Among Largest Long-Term Liabiliti...

Think About That... e Total government spending on healthcare (including Medicare, Medicaid and other programs) has risen 7x from 1.2% of GDP in 1960 to 8.2% in 2009 while total government spending on education has risen only 0.6x from 4% of GDP in 1960 to 6% in 2009. e Medicar...

…ctivity of healthcare system ¢ Reduce coverage for optional benefits & optional enrollees ¢ Reduce benefits « Increase Medicare tax rate : Metis pe SOMUUESLE SES L Isolate and address the drivers of medical cost inflation * Improve efficiency / productivity of healthcare system...

prescription drug costs during the temporary “gap” from Medicare coverage until their prescription drug costs reach the threshold for catastrophic coverage by Medicare), (iii) an approval process for generic biologics and granting exclusive marketing rights to original manufactur...

… at least, it is liberals who are on the defensive. The aging of the baby boom generation and the costs of maintaining Medicare and Social Security have put the two pillars of the social welfare system on the table for re-examination. The growing weight of the national debt has...

…Term Budget Outlook (6/10). Note that entitlement spending includes federal government expenditures on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Data in our chart is based on CBO’s ‘alternative fiscal scenario’ forecast, which assumes a continuation of today’s underlying fiscal pol...

Entitlement Spending Medicaid (-$273B Net Loss*) Medicare (-$272B Net Loss*") Unemployment Benefits (-$115B Net Loss*) Social Security (-$75B Net Loss*') Rising Debt Level & Interest Payments Effective Interest Rates (2.2%) Debt Composition Periodic Large One-Time Charges...

…cts like parking lots / museums / street repairs Grant* (1974) 4 oa Provide medical insurance program for the elderly Medicare / Medicaid . : Healthcare 724 (Medicare) and welfare program for low-income (1965) : —_ population (Medicaid) Federal Subsidies for Provide federal su...

this represents a huge financial burden resultant from rising Medicare and

data per White House OMB. 1) Medicare and Social Security net loss

a All Other Spending = Social Security = Medicare + Medicaid

Dept. of Health & Human Services Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

compared with 2% at its inception; Medicare now serves 15% of